Blending Leadership: Novelty is Not Your Friend

Below are the opening two paragraphs of Chapter 16 of Make Yourself Clear. ​What do you think follows?

Imagine that you’re watching a tightrope walker. You’re watching her walk from one pole to another across a thin wire, occasionally changing speed. Though her wire flexes a little bit, she is light on her feet, almost dancing. By objective measures, that is a pretty amazing accomplishment.

​But if you were at a circus, watching this acrobatic person walk across a tightrope, how long would it take for you to turn your attention to the lion tamer or the man who launches himself out of canons? How quickly would you lose interest in the great walker and her impossibly thin rope?