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Leadership Thought #393 – Don’t Succumb to Temptation

The more success you have the more temptations will come your way. It’s easy to start to think of yourself as different or special when you outperform your peers. You may begin to rationalize that the same basic moral rules don’t apply to you, but they do. Character is certainly forged in the fires of adversity. However, you also learn a lot about someone’s character when everything seems to go their way. The saying goes “if you want to know who someone truly is then give them money and power.”

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Leadership Thought #338 – Never Allow Yourself to Get Bullied

Never allow yourself to get bullied. It was true on the playground as kids, and it’s true in your adult business dealings. I make it a rule to never do business with anyone I perceive doesn’t have my best interest at heart. Any completely one-sided deal is not a good business deal but extortion. The good news is that once you survive a bad economy, it becomes pretty evident who the worst transgressors are. I hope they ultimately face consequences for their actions.

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