
282 Deploy Yourself
belts would affect the way they lived. After a year, they realized
(surprise!) that they hardly noticed the sequestered funds. The experi-
ment liberated Marty to be much more selective in the assignments he
accepted and much happier in his work and home life.
Exceed Your Authority
Thoughtfully exceed your authority. The exercise of adaptive leader-
ship is dangerous in part because you always dance on the edge of your
scope of authority, at least with respect to some of your authorizers—
whether they are your superiors, peers, subordinates, or people outside
your organization (see figure 22-1). You push the limits of what others