Happen To Things, Don't Let Things Happen

The More Aware We Are Of Our Basic Paradigms, Maps, Or Assumptions, And The Extent To Which We Have Been Influenced By Our Experience, The More We Can Take Responsibility For Those Paradigms, Examine Them, Test Them Against Reality, Listen To Others And Be Open To Their Perceptions, Thereby Getting A Larger Picture And A Far More Objective View.

To Change Ourselves Effectively, We First Had To Change Our Perceptions.

We Must Not Let The Actions Or Words Of Others Determine Our Responses. Magnanimous People Make The Choice To Respond To The Indignities Of Others Based Upon Their Own Principles And Their Own Value System Rather Than Their Moods Or Anger.

Above All, Success In Business Requires Two Things: A Winning Competitive Strategy, And Superb Organizational Execution. Distrust Is The Enemy Of Both. I Submit That While High Trust Won't Necessarily Rescue A Poor Strategy, Low Trust Will Almost Always Derail A Good One.

Where There's No Gardener, There's No Garden.