Sally Hogshead grew up believing she wasn’t particularly good at anything. With an Olympic gold medalist for a sister and a Harvard graduate for a brother, she struggled to measure up to the expectations around her. But the very qualities that got her criticized in school would eventually become her greatest competitive advantage. Today, Sally is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, Speaker Hall of Fame inductee, and the Founder & CEO of the Fascination Advantage, an assessment that’s helped more than a million professionals understand what makes them stand out. In this conversation with Ryan, Sally shares how a painful childhood experience shaped her relationship with failure, why a career crisis led her to create an entirely new way of understanding personal strengths, and the surprising reason she believes being different is far more valuable than being better. They also explore why so many of us are afraid to embrace what makes us unique, how to identify the qualities that others need most from us, and why courage doesn’t always require a giant leap.
