Tag: understand

The Truth 

What’s that old saying, “There’s your side, my side, and the truth”?  It’s so easy, almost enjoyable sometimes, to be the victim. To be the person who

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Simplicity 

There is clarity in simplicity.  Minimalist artists and designers, truly effective planners, the ancient Stoics…even Steve Jobs all understood this important lesson.  I once heard the idea

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Understand First 

So much of effective communication is listening first for understanding.  I find one of the hardest parts of leading meetings or finding common ground with

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Take Care of Your Customers 

A recent exchange on social media:  Original Post:   My favorite business-building question:  “What’s the one thing, that if I stopped doing today, would immediately destroy

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