Your talent becomes a superpower the moment you use it in service of other people. In this clip from our third-anniversary episode, host Roger Kastner shares why the "collective superpower" of empathy, curiosity, and connection is what actually makes individual gifts flourish.
Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Latgan69xB0&list=PLbWfh34FP_dUcAaCrI31z00_fLdphi6b7&index=1&t=21s
What you'll take away:
• Why a superpower needs relationship to be a true superpower
• How empathy, curiosity, and connection run through every great leader's gift
• Why the "lone genius" myth is costing you more than you think
Questions answered in this clip:
Q: What makes a talent a superpower?
A: A talent becomes a superpower the moment you use it in service of other people. Without relationship and community, a skill remains just power, not a superpower.
Q: What do successful people's superpowers have in common?
A: Empathy, curiosity, and connection. Across 80+ conversations, the same relational qualities keep surfacing in every person's superpower.
Watch Next
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▶️ You're Doing Everything Right But You're Not Really There | Presence with Executive Coach Joel Monk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWkjgU8gAU&list=PLbWfh34FP_dUcAaCrI31z00_fLdphi6b7&index=23&t=3s
Full Transcripts:
[Roger]
"One of the patterns that has emerged in these conversations is the superpower actually started off typically as an unmet need from early in development. There was something there that was missing. It could have been something that was either from a bad experience, a trauma, or it was just something that wasn't present. Then individuals find a talent or a thing that they do that tends to that unmet need, which then they want to do more and more of that thing because it's part of their healing. It's cliche, but the 10,000 hours, the more you do that thing and you get better at it, the more it's healing, it becomes a superpower the moment you do it in service of other people. I would say about nine out of 10 times, that's the arc."
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Music in this episode by Amplify Music
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