The Anxious Achiever Patrick Lencioni: Stop Feeling Guilt About What's Hard For You
Dec 11, 2025
Patrick Lencioni, a bestselling author and founder of Working Genius, unpacks how embracing your 'weaknesses' can reveal your true strengths. He discusses his six types of genius—wonder, invention, discernment, galvanizing, enablement, and tenacity—and how recognizing these can transform team dynamics. Lencioni shares his personal journey through burnout and the importance of aligning work with natural strengths. He encourages listeners to lean into their gifts, utilize vulnerability for trust, and reframe their relationship with work.
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Accept Your Wiring
- Understanding what you're not meant to be good at reduces guilt and comparison.
- Patrick Lencioni says wiring explains weaknesses, so you don't need to grind them into strengths.
Grumpiness Sparked The Model
- Patrick describes a day switching from joyful webinars to grumpy staff meetings that triggered his inquiry.
- A colleague's question led him to map the six geniuses and his own misalignment.
Protect Your Energy By Role Design
- Identify which kinds of work energize you and which drain you using Working Genius.
- Use that knowledge to stop taking on draining tasks and protect your energy.
