Years ago I had a person work for me who had a very high
opinion of himself. In his mind, he was a superstar. He walked on
water, did no wrong, and everything he touched turned to gold. Ever
worked with one of these people? While he did produce decent work, there
was a bit of a discrepancy between his perception and everyone else's reality. In my
opinion, one reason for this gap was his inability to take initiative or be a
self-starter. At one point during a lull in our workload, he even asked
me for something to work on because as he said ‘he had nothing to do.’
While I appreciated the apparent desire to take on new tasks, I was a bit
disappointed this person really couldn’t find a single thing to do on his own.
