December 2009
4 posts
Sellers have an emotional hurdle too. The emotional hurdle for the seller is having the intestinal fortitude towithstand the wringing of the buyer…. Part of a seller’s power comes from having the fortitude to walk away from a buyer who is not meeting him halfway. Michael Bosworth
Dec 26th
I have found it of enormous value when I can permit myself to understand the other person. The way in which I have worded this statement may seem strange to you. Is it necessary to permit oneself to understand another? I think it is. Our first reaction to most of the statements (which we hear from other people) is an evaluation or judgment, rather than an understanding of it. When someone...
Dec 20th
A fundamental rule of management is that you can’t change people’s character; you can’t even control their actions most of the time. -Nigel Nicholson, “How to Motivate Your Problem People,” Harvard Business Review, January 2003
Dec 19th
We have been created for greater things, not just to be a number in the world, not just to go for diplomas and degrees, this work and that work. We have been created in order to love and be loved. -Mother Teresa
Dec 5th