Mission-driven 'assholes': The people who are crazy passionate—and a little crazy.

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"Mission-driven 'assholes': The people who are crazy passionate—and a little crazy. "

― Tony Fadell, Build

Triggered by a recent discussion on LinkedIn.

See also: "4 Types of Assholes" – all of whom I have encountered during my career.

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Mission-driven “assholes”: The people who are crazy passionate—and a little crazy. They speak most frankly, trampling the politics of the modern office, and steamroll right over the delicate social order of “how things are done around here.” Much like true assholes, they are neither easygoing nor easy to work with. Unlike true assholes, they care. They give a damn. They listen. They work incredibly hard and push their team to be better—often against their will. They are unrelenting when they know they’re right, but are open to changing their minds and will praise other people’s efforts if they’re genuinely great. A good way to know if you’re working with a mission-driven "asshole" is to listen to the mythos around them—there are always a few choice stories floating around about some crazy thing they’ve done, and the people who’ve worked with them closely are always telling everyone that they’re not that bad, really. Most tellingly, the team ultimately trusts them, respects what they do, and looks back at the experience of working with them fondly, because they pushed the team to do the best work of their lives.

Fadell, Tony. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making (English Edition) (pp. 67-68). Kindle Edition.