Ryan Leak

And my hope is that over the next 10 to 12 minutes that we have together,

That somewhere in your mind, somewhere in your heart, you would actually grow in your empathy for a difficult person.

Today's episode is entitled, The Story Behind Difficult People.

And my corporate superpower is I can get just about anybody to tell me how they're really doing.

For some odd reason, if you drop me into a boardroom, a conference, a green room, or a random airport lounge, somehow, someway,

I'm not talking about my friends, okay?

No, I'm not talking about my family.

I'm talking about complete strangers go from zero to 100.

And maybe in the TMI world, you know, where it's too much information, we don't call that keeping it 100.

That's like 110.

You're like, I don't even think I should know that.

But for some odd reason,

No, I don't get the polished people.

I don't get the highlight reel version of human beings.

I get the honest version.

And here's what I've learned.

People are not doing nearly as well.

as their LinkedIn profile might suggest.

People are not doing nearly as well as their Christmas photo might tell you otherwise.

People are not doing nearly as well as their vacation Instagram post might otherwise sell you on this belief that life is just a beach in their world.