Episode Details

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest is a marketing maven, entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. On Episode 54 you heard nine minutes of her wisdom. That was The Main Thing. Today you will get The Whole Thing. In this 20-min. show, you'll get more of my conversation with this expert on aptitudes and mentor to many, Betsy Wills. It's a less edited, more organic version of my intriguing and wisdom-packed conversation with Betsy. Get ready for more in-depth discussion of aptitudes, more laughter and more riffs on why building is way more gratifying than back-filling.

Bio (in case you missed Ep. 54)

My special guest, Betsy Wills, is the co-founder of YouScience, a national online psychometric assessment service. It is used by 25% of high schools in the U.S. Additionally, tens of thousands of adults in over 20 countries utilize the online program to shape and manage their ongoing careers.

Since 2002, Betsy has consulted with individuals, corporations and groups on personal & professional development. She is a regular guest lecturer at Vanderbilt University and Tennessee State University. Betsy has been a featured speaker for TEDx Women. This Nashville resident is a graduate of Vanderbilt Univ. and holds an M.Ed from Peabody Coll.

Resources

Betsy Wills on LinkedIn

Her company - YouScience website

Betsy's TEDx presentation

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Content in This Podcast

[0:20] - Introducing Betsy

[1:50] - Betsy explains the development of an aptitude assessment

[3:00] - How we know one another

[4:20] - How you can become a patron & supporter of this show

[5:35] - Betsy reveals her Main Thing

[6:20] - Focusing on our innate abilities, versus struggling to gain competence across a broad range of tasks and activities

[7:00] - Skip applies Betsy's wisdom lesson to CrossFit theory - a comparison

[8:00] - Understanding oneself better leads to greater satisfaction

[8:20] - Common misunderstandings; aptitudes are different than Myers-Briggs or Enneagram or Strengths Finder

[8:50] - You can't game or outsmart an aptitude assessment

[9:15] - Why Skip will never be a left-handed calligrapher

[10:12] - Examples of aptitudes: spatial ability, sequential reasoning, idea rate and mo