Learn to Compartmentalize and Manage things

Learn to Compartmentalize and Manage things

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This was an interview with Rob Riggle

Edelman: How cool is John Stewart?

Rob: He’s really cool. And I owe him a lot. He was so patient and gracious with me, coming up, and just learning. Because I was still very green when I got some of my breaks. And he was a wonderful mentor, just comedically. And then, also, just watching him run a show, and manage people, manage the writers, manage the correspondents, manage the producers, and yet, he was so good at it all. He’s a good leader.

Edelman: There’s people that are special like that.

Rob: Yeah.

Edelman: And when I think of guys like that, it’s like Devin McCourty, you know, he was a guy that could speak in front of the guys, he worked his dick off, he knew what everything was going on, around in every conceptual kind of concept, he is a great guy off the field, he knew how to put a hat on, and be with his family. There’s just guys that are special that know how to just do it.

Rob: Yeah, they can compartmentalize, and manage very well.

Edelman: That’s everything. And that’s the one thing everyone asks me what’s makes Brady Brady. I say, it’s this. Compartmentalization ability. I mean, it’s literally insane when, you know, a guy finds out his mom’s dying, or, has cancer, a few weeks, and no one knew about it, cuz, he was the same guy at work. He was, you know, he handled his work, knew how to crack a joke with the guys. No one knew about it.

Rob: I’ve worked with a lot of of generals. I’ve worked with a lot of celebrities. I’ve worked with a lot a lot of people that are in leadership positions. And that is one of the common threads that runs through them all, is their ability to compartmentalize. And effectively. We can all compartmentalize to a certain degree.

Edelman: You can’t let it affect other things.

Rob: But can you do it sustained? Can you do it with big things happening in your life? Can you keep it in its own silo? No. Most people can’t. It spills over. It does.

Edelman: That’s, that’s leadership.