To find great talent, look past your own biases. If you recognize that we all wrestle with this limitation, please consider Liking and Sharing this simple reminder. Learn more at http://www.kasanoff.com

1. THE SECRET OF FINDING TALENT
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images
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LOOK PAST YOUR OWN BIASES

2. I
do
not
know
what
talent
looks
like.
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3. I
cannot
judge
talent
by
mere
appearances.
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4. When
someone
walks
in
my
door,
I
try
VERY
hard
not
to
judge.
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5. It
can
be
almost
impossible
to
be
objec?ve.
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6. But
s?ll
I
try.
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7. Last
week,
I
hired
an
ar?st
in
Hong
Kong.
Last
month,
an
entrepreneur
in
New
Zealand
hired
me.
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8. They
both
could
be
robots,
for
all
I
know.
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9. (my
new
client?)
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10. A
guy
named
Dan
Jones
created
all
these
images.
I
have
never
met
him
either.
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11. This
I
know
for
certain:
our
biases
are
our
worst
enemy.
Tinkerbots/Flickr

12. We
each
have
many
blind
spots.
They
stop
us
from
using
the
strengths
of
people
who
don’t
look,
sound
or
act
like
us.
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13. We
view
life
with
goggles
ON.
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14. We
are
so
stuck
in
our
beliefs
and
aRtudes,
WE
might
as
well
be
robots.
Tinkerbots/Flickr

15. So
we
play
the
same
“movie”
again
and
again.
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16. The
True
Reality
is
that
you
can
change
your
reality.
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17. You
don’t
have
to
act
like
a
robot.
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18. You
can
embrace
talent
in
many
forms.
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19. You
can
stop
labeling
others.
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20. You
can
be
the
glue
that
holds
great
people
and
possibili?es
together.
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21. Get
unstuck.
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22. Bruce Kasanoff is a speaker and
ghostwriter. His credo is, “Be generous and
expert, trustworthy and clear, open-minded
and adaptable, persistent and present.”
Bruce speaks and writes about ways to bring
out the talent in other people.
He has spoken at numerous corporate
events, at universities, and for many
professional associations.
Learn more at kasanoff.com.
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