🎸Rockstars & superstars 🎬: Defining what you want to be

from The New Yorker

This article was written as a result of the intellectual rigor of a Junto with Megumi DeMond, Erik Hansen, Kyle Harrison, and Timothy Riser.

First things first: this is not a guide to becoming a bangin’ guitarist, the next Angelina Jolie, or even a mere runway model.

This is about rockstars and superstars in the Kim Scott, Radical Candor sense.

(Side note: if you haven’t read Radical Candor, I highly recommend it. Most business books can be a bit stale or feel like they’re repeating themselves to fill up pages. Not the case with this one. If you want a taste, you can check out the First Round Review synopsis on the book.)

💫 Defining the stars

According to Radical Candor, most people have one of two types of ambition.

• Superstars are the ones we traditionally describe as ambitious. They’re the climb-the-corporate-ladder, never-stop-growing-and-aiming-higher, promotions-define-my-success types. They want growth.
• On the other hand, rockstars want to stay where they are. They might have things in their life more important than work (a new child, an ailing parent), they might want to focus on just learning their role for a while, or they’re just damn good at what they’re doing and they…