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CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - FEBRUARY / MARCH 2012
The fourth pillar is to find a way to give to others rather than looking for what you
can get in as many of your dealings and interactions as you can. It may seem like a
cliché, but it does seem to be true that the more you give the more you will receive.
If you’re solely focused on what you want to get, chances are you’ll get nothing. It’s
a weird paradox, but it seems that when you let go of wanting anything, you can
have everything. But don’t take my word for it—the only way to see if this is really
true is to put it into practice with sincerity and for an extended period of time and
see for yourself if it is actually so.
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When a leader operates from this place, and can generate
tangible success from this foundation, then his or her inf luence
becomes an organic process that in many ways is the antithesis
of the fear and manipulation or short term reward approach.
My feeling is that learning how to cultivate this more authentic
type of inf luence is an important part of creating the improved
world that many of us long for.
BUILDING A POSITIVE CORPORATE CULTURE