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When I was at American Eagle Outfitters, I took a Strengths-Based Leadership test. I got the highest score in the company in creativity. In this case, creativity implies free association, not artistry or talent. Sounds cool, but this trait has been a colossal pain in my career. Most companies encourage employees to stay in the box. It also means I can be a lot to deal with because my brain is very active. Unchecked, it drives my operational peers insane. However with my family… it leads to this video, which may go down as my greatest achievement, five years ago today:
January 11, 2020
Me: “I have an urge to go to Food Lion to make a Billie Eilish video using only groceries… call it Bag Guy…”
Rori: “Do it!”
“We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents… Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life’s cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession.” – Emerson
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