Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Zen Scanner, your approach is the precise one that my DD seems to have used from birth. It was downright eerie to have a 4yo summing up (correctly) the M.O. and inner motivations of adults around her.

She knows people-- and WOW, does she ever have leadership potential-- but she spends at least 90% of her time studying PEOPLE/SYSTEMS, not the topic at hand.

I'm going to venture to guess that if she finds herself in a leadership position that making marginal and intractable decisions will also be her greatest challenge. "Do I layoff person A or person B?" is the stuff of nightmares. I admire (and am a bit afraid of) leaders who can make snap decisions with only 60% confidence.