How often do your customers ask you for just a little more of a discount, just a little more product for no extra, slightly better payment terms?
We are wired to get the best we can out of a situation.
Asking for a little more is not so much about getting more, it’s about testing the limit to ensure we are getting the best we can.
Sometimes, “no, that’s the best we can do,” is the right answer because it lets someone know they have reached that limit, this is the best they can get from the situation.
And that might be all they’re looking for.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We’re entering an age where machines do our thinking before we’ve even had a chance to try.
In church the other day, the pastor gave a sermon that really stuck with me. He talked about two people.