What is the Freak Factor?
Let me ask you a question. What's your problem? I'm serious. What is your problem? What do you wish you could change about yourself? What is the complaint that you hear the most from those closest to you, your friends, co-workers, and family members? Are you too loud, too hyper, too organized, not organized enough? You get the idea.
So, what should you do? Most people think that they should find and fix their weaknesses. Unfortunately, this just leads to frustration and failure. Your weaknesses are actually the best clue to your strengths. Furthermore, building your strengths, not fixing your weaknesses, is your best strategy for success.
The Freak Factor is designed to encourage you to become more of who you are, not to turn you into someone else. It's about becoming more different, more unique, not more average and more mediocre. This blog is an introduction to The Freak Factor, which is my current book project.
Who is David Rendall?
I've been a paper boy, stock boy, lawn boy, painter, assistant coach, job coach, tutor and nonprofit manager. Right now, I'm a business professor, speaker, author, management consultant, father, husband and ultra-marathon runner.
At 6'6" and 180 lbs, I've been called a lot of things including: twiggy, melvin, walking stick, doc and the freak. I was always in trouble for being obnoxious and disruptive in school (and sometimes at work) but I've found a way to reframe my weaknesses as strengths and in The Freak Factor blog I share what I've learned with you.
I also have undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology and a doctorate in management and leadership. Through my career, education, teaching and consulting, I've discovered a lot about effective leadership and how to manage people and organizations.
