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28. Think Win-Win
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1 Mar 2010Thinking win-win is a frame of mind that seeks mutual benefit and is based on mutual respect. It is about bargaining fairly, and being open-minded and reasonable to all parties. It is about compromise and a sincere desire to find agreements that occupy the middle ground. Win-win is not taking advantage when it is understood that you are being trusted to act with honor.
It’s about thinking in terms of abundance. There is an ever-expanding ‘pie,’ a cornucopia of opportunity, wealth, and resources, not scarcity and adversarial competition.
Buying and Selling Businesses
You don’t have to crush your competitors. Since there is usually enough new and underserved business to go around, the odds are that you can peacefully co-exist with others in your industry. Not always, but at times, there may be opportunities to share ideas and ways to combine your strengths for mutual benefit.
Perhaps on your path to wealth, it may be advantageous for you to acquire your competitor’s business or, at some point, to sell your business to your competitor. Since there are economies to be gained from greater size, successful businesspeople are always thinking about investing and divesting. When you are known as a capable, honest and respectful businessperson, these opportunities do materialize.
In business and in life, if you are following The Action Principles® philosophy of self-improvement and service to others, you probably aren’t going to be working forever. This is the plan. You may wish to retire early and have the time and the resources necessary to fully develop your special talents to better the world.
BillFitzPatrick.com, The Action Principles
Share on Facebook27. Remain Adaptable
In: Umum
28 Feb 2010In daily life, through a love of many things, it is possible to remain adaptable. If it starts raining on the way to the beach, you’ll enjoy going to the movies. If you are kept waiting for an appointment, don’t get angry. Make a few calls or work on your schedule. If you get stuck in traffic, enjoy your favorite motivational audiotape, radio station or CD. Always have a book with you and you will never be alone. The small stuff can’t get you down if you are ready to substitute one good thing for another.
Get Tough
Toughness is pride, drive, commitment, and the courage to follow through on things you believe in, even when they are under attack. It is solving problems instead of letting them fester. It is being who you really are, even when society wants you to be somebody else. Toughness is knowing how to be a gracious winner … and rebounding quickly when you lose.
For a nation, toughness means avoiding complacency, meeting and solving problems head-on, while keeping the big picture in mind at all times.
In business, toughness means playing by the rules but also putting those rules to work for you. It is looking at an adversary across the desk and saying, simply, “No.”
BillFitzPatrick.com, The Action Principles
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