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“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” - Muhammad Ali

TOPIC OF THE DAY

We Can't Agree to Disagree

"If [fill in the person] thinks I've bought in, they're crazy."

"Even if [fill in the group] doesn't believe in our current vision, they'll believe when they see it."

"I don't think [fill in the project] even matters to our customers."

These are not the kinds of comments any of us utter if we know "the boss" could hear them. But each of us can likely remember a time in our career where we said it, or heard it. It's tempting to think that people who aren't on board will eventually "self-select out of the organization" or, if you're the boss, you'll never have to be that hard-ass who says, "Sorry, but this is just how it is."

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