During a break in one class, one of my executive students, Mike, approached me and confided that when he was a sixteen-year-old high school student, he was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. His high school counselor considered this to be a fait accompli that would effectively preclude Mike from having successful relationships, and encouraged him to pursue zoology and stay away from business courses or anything that involved people skills. Needless to say, Mike was extremely upset. He decided to not follow his counselor’s advice. Instead, he reappraised the bad news as a challenge ...
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