Flasher vs Smolderer
I attended Sun’s StartupCamp last week and one of the sessions focused on finding a co-founder or early team members. One of the interesting comments made was to figure out if you are a flasher or smolderer and pick your compliment.
A flasher was described as someone that wears their emotions on their sleeve. When a dispute arises, the flasher will immediately make their discontent known. If both members of the team are flashers, the dispute could escalate quickly and emotions will rise to the occasion. The end result would possibly be the end of the working relationship, especially if the disputes continue. When a flasher and smolderer engage in a dispute the smolderer wouldn’t emotionally charge the situation, resulting in a higher probability that a resolution can be reached.
Smolderers, on the other hand, generally keep their emotions to themselves and have strong suppressed feelings. One day the built-up emotions could come out at an inopportune time or possibly never. If two smolderers are working together, there is the potential for unspoken animosity to eventually ruin the working relationship. When you are looking for team members that you will be working with closely, figure out what kind of person you are and try to avoid someone with the same personality trait.
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