Most of the time, our limitations are self-imposed.

If the manager really is the problem, try to get reassigned elsewhere in the organization or start looking for one in which you can play to your strengths.

When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning.

My point is, people really don't change very much.

People leave managers, not companies

Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths.

In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it