Variety is not the spice of life … enthusiasm is. Grenville Kleiser once wrote a story about the devil who was going out of business. So he put all his tools up for sale — all priced quite high. But the highest price tag was placed on depression. When asked why that was the case, the devil replied, “With depression …
Working Together, Not Coming Apart
It’s not about who’s right but what’s important. Most people dislike conflict. They don’t even want to talk about certain topics with certain people. They just want things to be nice and friendly all the time. Well so do I. I would love it if everyone got along, if everyone was respectful and appropriate. But that’s never going to happen. …
Have The Courage To Ask Brave Questions – And Really Listen
Ask and you shall receive. If you read last week’s Tip, you read about my personal losses and my discovery of Brave Questions. You read about the transformational power of questions–asking the right questions and listening in the right way. But let me finish the story. My first serious use of the “brave question-20 question” technique came in November, 1983. …
Brave Questions
If you want to G-E-T, you’ve got to A-S-K. The contents of my new book, Brave Questions: How To Build Stronger Relationships By Asking All The Right Questions, changed my life, and it will change yours. But let me explain. It was August, 1979, and I got a phone call from my father that changed my life forever. He was …