Over the past two years I have learned to really enjoy working with a peer who is 70% my opposite.
When I started a new role at my current company, I had one side of the business, and another individual had the other. We each did our thing, in our own way.
About 3 months into the year we worked together on a project and found out that we really enjoyed working together. I was the creative, he was the analytic. We found that the common thread between us was the desire to a) understand our clients and b) provide amazing solutions and support.
I am not saying it didn't take a bit of adjustment, learning to moderately enjoy slowing down to look at the data, but I found that my groups output was much better when the analytic was involved. The reverse was also true. How do you make data come alive and move people to action? I was able to help get people fired up.
Find someone that isn't like you and engage them in a project. I bet you will both gain.
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