The Surprising Secret Shawn Achor Reveals About Bringing Others Along to Success
Schawbel: After studying 50 countries, what have you learned about the differences and/or similarities by how different cultures measure their own potential?
Achor: I’m only starting to understand this, but with my limited knowledge now, I’d say that some Western cultures often judge potential by how much better you are than everyone in a group. Whereas I believe a better approach is to not just see who the fastest on the team is, but who makes everyone around them play better. At BYU researchers found that shooting percentage did not predict wins nearly as well as the ratio of assists to turnovers. The better you are at assists, the stronger the team. I don’t just want my son to be creative, I want him to make others around him creative too.
