Triangle of Truth

If Jimmy Carter can wipe an entire disease off the planet, don't you think you can start solving your problems?

In every conflict, there are really three sides to it (like a triangle): your truth on one side, their truth on the other and then the higher-level solution at the top. If you stay stuck on your side of the triangle, you never solve the problem.

I believe one of the root problems is that most people stumble into their professions without enough self-knowledge to figure out what they would actually be great at.

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Wouldn't it be nice if you could tell people what to do, and then have them actually do it? How fabulous would it be to simply share your wisdom and ...