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Tim Wright

Cheri -

Great thoughts and entertaining. Who'd expect a "professional posting" that had both batsh*t and snot as key elements?!

We learn from both our "good" and our "bad"--whether from associates, managers, employees...or experiences. A salesperson gains equally from both lost sales and won sales.

The secret is putting emotions aside far enough and long enough that we let reason experience learning. You suggest good ways of doing that.

I offer the following. When someone does something "tyrannical," I ask myself: "Do I do that? When was the last time I did that?"

Truly, I was not quick to get to the "point of admission" that, yes, I sometimes am tyrannical myself. It has taken me lots of practice.

The result? Once I see myself in the other's shoes, my emotional reactions go away, my mind returns to filter through to what I can learn.

bombaydosti

Cheri, true! Just sharing something similar :)

I have learnt silence from the talkative,
toleration from the intolerant,
and kindness from the unkind;
yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers

Gibran , Khalil


regards
preethi

Cheri

Thanks for sharing Preethi - that is lovely. Poetry feeds the heart as well as the mind!

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