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Appreciate Thinking Different from Your Own!
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2. Appreciate Thinking Different from Your Own!
One of the ways to embrace innovation and change is to learn to appreciate how others think. To do that, you must continually expose yourself to people different from yourself. My brother, Larry Maxwell—a good businessman and an innovative thinker—continually challenges popular thinking by thinking differently. He says: Most of our people in sales and middle management come from businesses with products and services different from ours. That constantly exposes us to new ways of thinking. We also discourage our people from active participation in formal business and trade associations and fraternities because their thinking is quite common. They don’t need to spend lots of time thinking the way everyone else in the industry does. As you strive to challenge popular thinking, spend time with people with different backgrounds, education levels, professional experiences, personal interests, etc. You will think like the people with whom you spend the most time. If you spend time with people who think out of the box, you’re more likely to challenge popular thinking and break new ground. 3. Continually Question Your Own Thinking! Let’s face it, any time we find a way of thinking that works, one of our greatest temptations is to go back toit repeatedly, even if it no longer works well. The greatest enemy to to-morrow’s success is sometimes today’s success. My friend Andy Stanley recently taught a leadership lesson at INJOY’s Catalyst Conference called “Challenging the Process.” He described how progress must be preceded by change, and he pointed out many of the dynamics involved in questioning popular thinking. In an organization, he said, we should remember that every tradition was originally a good idea— and perhaps even revolutionary. But every tradition may not be a good idea for the future. In your organization, if you were involved in putting into place what currently exists, then it’s likely that you will resist change—even change for the better. That’s why it’s important to challenge your own thinking. If you’re too attached to your own thinking and how everything is done now, then nothing will change for the better. Download 67.35 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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