Of course I work hard. Why shouldn’t I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way? Judy Holliday 1921 – 1965 We’ve all seen movies and TV shows where a character says, “We can do this the easy way, or we can do it the hard way.” The implication of the statement is clear: anyone would prefer to do things the easy way. It’s human nature to want to find the easiest solution, the one that requires the least amount of effort or pain. But in real life, the choices aren’t always clear-cut. In fact, what …
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We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions. Stephen R. Covey 1932 – 2012 We all encounter problems in life. Most of us have developed the habit of trying to find a solution to the problem as quickly as we can. However, this approach often leads to solving the wrong problem: we jump to conclusions and leave the real problem untouched. Let me give you an example. Recently, I was working with a young woman who was …
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Many people, I imagine, could attain wisdom if they were not convinced they already had it. Seneca c. 4 B.C. – A.D. 65 A while back, I received an interesting email that showed a picture of a frog. Anyone that looked at it could plainly see the picture was of a frog. But then a funny thing happened: the picture rotated 90 degrees and suddenly, the frog was a horse. Anyone looking at the picture in this position would immediately and conclusively know they were looking at a horse. So what happened? The image didn’t change one bit. The only …
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