Don't Tell Someone They're Smart or Not Smart

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

I think for a lot of us, we really need a mentor to reach down and raise the bar for us. It's as you look to yourself, different like who me? I've dealt with so many people in business whose character was attacked by someone or someone told them they couldn't do something. Yeah, I think it really sets a tone. And also they proven, I'm not an expert on psychology, but if you tell a kid that they are not very good or not very successful or not very smart, anything, that starts to limit their expectations for themselves.

ABOUT GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL

General Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general, the former commander of US and International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, and former commander of Joint Special Operations Command, America’s premier military counter-terrorism force.

General McChrystal is also the founder of the McChrystal Group, a senior fellow at Yale University, and the author of several New York Times bestselling books including Leaders: Myth & Reality and his most recent book Risk: A User’s Guide.

General McChrystal joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss how to assess risk, core qualities of leadership he looks for, propaganda, the conflict in Ukraine and more.

Show Notes

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices