What happens when your leadership strengths become your biggest blind spot?
I sat down with Curtis Sprouse of Eureka Connect to walk through
My full behavioral assessment and the results were uncomfortable,
eye-opening, and honestly... accurate.
My discipline score? 96th percentile. My goodwill score? 3 out of 100.
That gap explains a lot. If you're a driven, results-focused manager
who sometimes struggles to connect with your team, this episode
might feel like a mirror.
In this episode, we talk about:
✅ Why your biggest strength can be your biggest leadership liability
✅ The "Curse of Knowledge" — and why your team tunes you out
✅ How high discipline turns into transactional behavior (and how to fix it)
✅ What it really takes to build influence as a leader
✅ Moving from judgment to curiosity in every conversation
✅ Why you should collect relationships, not accomplishments
This one gets personal. I share my fear of leaving my family with
nothing, my struggle with an unhealthy need for approval, and what
I'm choosing to do something about it.
If you manage people — or want to — don't skip this one.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Welcome Back & Why This Episode Gets Personal
01:09 - Breaking Down Paul's Behavioral Profile
04:23 - Live Walkthrough of the Eureka Connect Assessment
11:24 - The 3% Goodwill Score (And What It Really Means)
13:06 - Does Your Drive Hurt the People Around You?
15:24 - The Fear Behind the Hustle
16:15 - High Discipline + High Reflectivity = Analysis Paralysis?
22:47 - Independence in Thinking & Operation
25:50 - Real-World Story: The Martial Arts Moment
27:51 - Moving From Judgment to Curiosity
31:56 - How to Build Influence as a Leader
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