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What makes us weirdalso makes us wonderful.

What makes us weakalso makes us strong.

Deviance will always generate external pressures to conform.

If you perform beyond the norms, the systems will adjust and try to make you normal.

Robert Quinn, Deep Change

AWAKENIN

Geverything we’ve learned about weakness

is wrong

Excellence is a form of deviance.

The way to achieve and maintainexcellence is to deviate from the norm.

You become excellent because you are doing things that normal people do not want to do.

Robert Quinn, Deep Change

What makes us weirdalso makes us wonderful.

What makes us weakalso makes us strong.

- Eleventh biggest US city

- Third fastest growing US city

- Best city for jobs

- Best city for growing

businesses

- #3 travel hotspot in 2014

- Top ten best places to retire

- Second greenest city in the

world

- Most bike-friendly city in the

US

- Second most liked city in the

US

- New Freak Capital of the US

- Top ten places to reinvent your life

- Top ten most beautiful places in the

US

- Top 25 best places for business &

careers

What makes places weirdalso makes them wonderful.

AWARENESSweaknesses are clues to our strengths

Canada – Maple Syrup & Asteroid

Impacts

Australia – Deadly Animals & Melanoma

China – CO2 Emissions & Renewable

Energy

Greenland – Personal Space

Russia – Raspberries and Nuclear

Warheads

Netherlands – Tall People

New Zealand – Sheep & Rugby

USA – Lawnmower Deaths & Nobel

Laureates

We are led to truth by our weaknesses

as well as our strengths.

PARKER PALMER, Let Your Life Speak

ACCEPTANCEweaknesses are strengths in disguise

Easy Going . . . .

Irresponsible

Adventurous . . . . Dangerous

Spontaneous . . . . Impulsive

Structured . . . . Inflexible

Responsible . . . . Controlling

Cautious . . . . Fearful

strength AND weakness

Strong people always have strong weaknesses too. Where there are peaks,

there are valleys.

Peter Drucker

HurricanesTornadoes

FloodsMudslidesBlizzards

AvalanchesDrought

MonsoonsDust Storms

Wildfires

APPRECIATIONwe succeed because of our

weaknessesnot in spite of them

Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.

George Eliot

Strangely, I think my dyslexia has helped.

Richard Branson

AMPLIFICATIONexaggerate weaknesses

instead of eliminating them

There is no great genius without a touch of madness.

Seneca

If you can’t fix it, feature it.

Gerald Weinberg, Secrets of Consulting

how could you AMPLIFY

your weaknesses?

ALIGNMENTdon’t try to fit infind the right fit

how could you

FIND THE RIGHT FIT?

AVOIDANCEto be the best (at some things)

we have to be the worst (at other things)

what should you

STOP DOING?

AFFILIATIONpartner with people

who are strong where you are weak

who is STRONG where you are WEAK?

What makes places weirdalso makes them wonderful.

What makes places weakalso makes them strong.

- The best place to live in Canada

(2013)

- 5th best place to live in the world

- World’s cleanest city

- 9th of the top 10 travel hotspots in

2014

- Extremely low unemployment (Alberta)

- 10th best Canadian city for zombie

apocalypse

- 8th best place to live in Canada

- St. Albert is the best place to live in

Canada

- One of Canada’s sunniest cities

- Largest living history museum in

Canada

- Biggest mall in North America

- 3rd best Canadian city for zombie

apocalypse

- 16th worst traffic in North America

(Calgary)

- 23rd worst traffic in North America

(Edmonton)

- Higher than average violent crime

(Edmonton)

- Labor shortages (Alberta)

- Dependence on oil & gas (Alberta)

Peaceful . . . . Boring

Lively . . . . Chaotic

Open . . . . Sprawl

Dense . . . . Crowded

Historic . . . .

Outdated

Cutting-Edge . . . .

Unproven

Because of its inclination . . .

the tower has been the object of very special attention.

It is important to keep the current tilt, due to the vital role that this element played in promoting the tourism industry of Pisa.

Dav!d Rendall drendall.com