Principles are held out of necessity, and so is openness to diverse perspectives.
If you compromise on the issues that truly matter, your own interests will suffer. But if you refuse to bend on trivial matters, cooperation becomes nearly impossible, and your own interests will suffer just as much.
The truth doesn't matter—whether it's confirmed you have character issues or you've been wronged and they think you're out of your mind, either way, you're unfit for the role.
“When you have no data, you’re just another person with an opinion.” — W. Edwards Deming
It’s an incredibly foolish notion to believe you can achieve victory by dragging others down instead of elevating yourself.
1. Figure out what you want.
2. Figure out what he wants.
3. Figure out how to use what he wants as a path to getting what you want.
Mind your marriage.
You've got to have unrealistic expectations of each other—in other words, it's a deal where both sides think they're getting the better end of the bargain.
Only then does it work.
So everyone wins. Who wins?
From wedding to divorce, it's simple: it's just the process of shattered expectations. #ReadingNotes
Many skills aren't learned in the moment you need them—they're acquired long beforehand, so that when the right opportunity finally comes along, you're already ready to seize it.