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Overview

Hollywood loves a rebel. Movies are about characters who go against the grain, or break the rules and lift their heads up by the end of the movie.

Hollywood loves a rebel, but most people don’t. It’s not easy to love a person who refuses to do things the way you’ve told them to. They can be a source of great anxiety for the people around them. Can they just settle down? Can they take things at face value and stop giving everyone headaches?

But the argument that, “You should just let everyone be comfortable,” probably won’t have much of an effect on a rebel. That’s because comfort isn’t something rebels are after. They refuse to settle for comfort because it means they’ve stopped growing and improving themselves. A rebel isn’t someone who breaks rules for no reason; rather, a rebel is someone who recognizes that the rules aren’t perfect as they are and breaking them strategically is necessary to improve upon them.

It’s easy to identify a rebel. A rebel is someone who does things differently and sometimes goes against the grain, but it would be wrong to think that they’re doing this without reason. At their core, rebels are trying to change the world by innovating and learning more by questioning what others take for granted.

In Rebel Talent, Francesca Gino argues that rebels are defined by five qualities: Novelty – Rebels hate repetition and crave surprises Curiosity – Rebels don’t believe anything they hear Perspective – Rebels never think they have all the answers Diversity – They don’t fall for stereotypes Authenticity- They admit their humanity

Novelty

It’s a rebellion to be different. It means changing the status quo and not doing things the regular way. This is difficult in an organization because people need to know what they’re supposed to do, but if it works out, there are many benefits that outweigh the risk of being new and unknown.

Novelty excites people, so if you can effectively generate excitement in your employees, they will work more efficiently and more creatively. One way to do this is by not telling the employees which area of the restaurant they’ll be working in that day until they show up for their shift. This keeps them from falling into routines; every day something new will happen. By doing this, an outlet of a fast food chain with restaurants all over Tennessee serves drive-through customers at 18 seconds per order on average (as opposed to other chains who take several minutes) because its workers have adapted to changing environments with a sense of urgency and creativity.

In another study, couples were asked to do something together once a week. Some did things they found very pleasant and exciting, while others did things that were only moderately so. The result was that the couple who did the more exciting activity enjoyed their time together far more than those who were comfortable doing less exciting activities.

Rebels hate routine and will break from tradition if they get the chance. Although you might find that frustrating, when it comes to your career, this attitude can benefit you greatly.

Rebels hate routine and are willing to break from tradition if they get the chance. This may be inconvenient for those who manage them but could also help their careers in the long run because of their dedication to novelty.

Curiosity

Rebels are unusually curious. They do this because they’re not satisfied with things at face value, and that’s what it takes to toe the line. But why is curiosity even a good thing? It boils down to one simple commandment: keep asking questions. In business, people can be afraid of looking stupid if they ask questions because it betrays that they don’t already know the answer. However, plenty of studies show that those who ask questions actually appear more intelligent than their stoic counterparts, as well as trustworthy.