The+Superman+Model

The movie 1997 movie //Addicted to Love//, with Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick, discovered this powerful model.

On Krypton, Superman (born Kal-El) has no special powers. Yet, on earth, Superman has strength, speed, and the ability to fly.

This scenario provides a compelling metaphor. As the movie reveals, a Frenchman has no special powers in France. In America, however, the ability to prepare a simple French sauce appears exotic, and just speaking is romantic to a large percentage of the female population.

Fortunately, you do not have to travel across the ocean to discover your Superman powers.

Dr. Don Marinelli was highly respected at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for his dramatic abilities. However, he didn’t become a superstar until he joined forces with Dr. Randy Pausch at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at CMU. His ability to teach artistic concepts to hardcore computer students became his forté, as he designed his Entertainment Technology Center around the marrying of left-brain and right-brain thinking.

What’s your super power?
 * If you are from a small town, how can you make your small-town values powerful in New York or L.A.? If you are from New York and have been displaced to a small town, how can you use your New York contacts and procedures to create value for your new place of residence?
 * If you are a technologist, talk to businesspeople. If you are a businessperson, learn to talk to the techies.
 * If you are an artist, how can you get involved with computers? If you are a software developer, how can you get involved with the arts?
 * If you are in marketing or sales, what can you offer the product development team? If you are a product developer, what special powers do you offer the marketing or sales teams?
 * If you are in a corporate setting, what do you offer the educational community? If you are in education, how can you apply your skill set to the corporate world?

Write down everything that represents your identity. In most cases, no one appreciates those abilities, while you are “on your home planet.” Decide where you can take those simple traits to turn them into super powers!

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