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A “Stop Doing” List

This exercise is from an article by Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great and is consistent with my summer exercise of more "being", less "doing". "Suppose you woke up tomorrow and received two phone calls. The first phone call tells you that you have inherited $20 million, no strings attached. The second tells you that you have an incurable and terminal disease, and you have no more than 10 years to live. What would you do differently, and, in particular, what would you stop doing?"

Do you want to be right or do you want to win?

When I first started working, I thought the answer to this question was so obvious it did not merit thinking about. Of course, I wanted to be right! How could I consider myself to have won, if I had not been right/done the right thing etc. And today, I look back and think I was quite naive! In fact, I have come full circle. I can see clearly that winning provides me with the ability to influence/have the impact I want to have. And the more I win, the more influence and impact I have. In my opinion, this is an interesting place from which to evaluate any position you take, particularly when things do not seem "fair" or you seem ...