"I hate tennis!"

The phrase, "I hate tennis!" is repeated hundreds of time in Andre Agassi's autobiography Open, which I read this weekend. When my wife first told me this was his attitude I was a bit surprised, until I read this well-written piece. Agassi authentically and vulnerably lets us into a just a slice of his journey which isn't so much about the game between the lines but about the game between his ears.

I'm still pondering over one section where he makes the assumption that millions of people hate their jobs like he does his. While I know that less than 20% of American actually do what they are gifted to do, I'm wondering if this translates into actually hating the job.

Lencioni's One Piece of Advice

If you were to give a new team leader one piece of advice what would it be?

(Lencioni)  Take the risk of being vulnerable with the people you lead.  That means, be open about who you are, what your concerns are, what your strengths and weaknesses are.  Be human, and they will trust you.