{"id":10124,"date":"2023-08-18T22:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/leadership\/the-positive-side-of-negative-personalty-traits\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T22:00:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T22:00:50","slug":"the-positive-side-of-negative-personalty-traits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/?p=10124","title":{"rendered":"The Positive Side Of Negative Personalty Traits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wouldn\u2019t it be great if we were able to positively embrace all personality traits? Well, we can if we understand how to best leverage some of what I call the darker sides of personality traits. Here\u2019s what I mean.<\/p>\n

I remember attending a parent meeting with my daughter\u2019s second grade teacher, who described my daughter as \u201cspicy!\u201d My first thought was, \u201cOh my gosh, what the heck does that mean and what the heck are we going to have to do to fix this?\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until I left the meeting, and had time to reflect on what was said, that I realized what her teacher said was actually a compliment (even if that was not her intent.)<\/p>\n

I thought to myself, that spiciness is going to serve her well in this world. She isn\u2019t going to let people push her around and she is going to live life with gusto! Awesome!<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m happy to report I was right. That eight year-old has turned into a successful young lady who is taking the world by storm!<\/p>\n

No doubt, you\u2019ve got some \u201cspicy\u201d people on your team. They have a mind of their own, they don\u2019t always follow directions, they push back, when you wish they\u2019d just agree. At times they give you indigestion, but you wouldn\u2019t trade them for the world, as these people are your out-of-the box thinkers. Your team needs to be stirred up every now and again. They challenge you to be a better leader.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s interesting to me how so many traits that we tend to admire are seen as negatives by others. I was reminded of that when I was meeting with a client last week. He shared a story with me about a manager who told him he was too nice, so he stopped being so nice, only to be told several years later by a new manager that people found him unfriendly. The poor guy couldn\u2019t catch a break!<\/p>\n

Here are some other examples of negative personality traits that can be viewed as positive, if you just look at things from a different angle.<\/p>\n