The Thinker's Edge

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”

—Zig Ziglar

The Right Thought + the Right People in the Right Environment at the Right Time for the Right Reason = the Right Result

Getters generally don’t get happiness; givers get it.”

—Charles H. Burr

cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.”

—Ben Sweetland

NOTHING IS PARTICULARLY HARD IF YOU DIVIDE IT INTO SMALL JOBS.”

—Henry Ford

Bring whatever you can into play.

“Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.”

—George S. Patton

Yard by yard, life is hard; but inch by inch, it’s a cinch.”

—Robert Schuller

Identify your current situation

• Collect information—and keep collecting even after you think you’ve identified the issue

• Challenge your assumptions—you have many which may be biasing your viewpoint

• Set aside any personal agenda that may be clouding your judgment

• Put off final conclusions

Discovering your real situation and objectives is a major part of the battle. Once the real issues are identified, the solutions are often simpler

[PERSON] WHO IS PREPARED HAS HIS BATTLE HALF FOUGHT.”

—Miguel de Cervantes

An appreciation of others’ strengths where they are weak

• An understanding of the best potential contribution

• The ability to bring out the best thinking in others

• The desire to put the team before themselves

• A willingness to take responsibility for the decisions that are made