Posts Tagged ‘Forgiveness’

When You Fail, Does Your Influence Increase?

Friday, March 25th, 2011

You may notice that I did not say “if” you fail, but “when.” All of us will even­tu­ally dis­ap­point the expec­ta­tions of a fam­ily mem­ber, a team­mate, a cus­tomer, or a friend. We will make a poor deci­sion that may even cause our char­ac­ter to be called into question.

When this hap­pens, we are faced with a crit­i­cal moment. The oppor­tu­nity for our influ­ence to rise or fall.

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Sorry is Not Good Enough

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Here is the sit­u­a­tion:  a team­mate, spouse, friend or child has wronged you.  They failed to meet an expec­ta­tion or — worse yet — they were inten­tion­ally uncar­ing or rude to you.  This painful wound causes you to be vis­i­bly upset as you con­front them on their insen­si­tive or self­ish action.

This moment could be a beau­ti­ful learn­ing and grow­ing oppor­tu­nity for you and the culprit….or it could lead to a bat­tle of enor­mous pro­por­tions.  You, the vic­tim, con­front the offender. 

They respond like this: 

 “Sorry!” 

Sorry resize

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