Do we default to the victor, where for us to feel like we’re winning always has to come at the expense of others? Does there always have to be a loser? On the opposite side of the spectrum, do we default to the martyr? Everybody else wins but at our expense, and we’ve just decided that’s our lot in life. To “think we, not me” is to have what we call an abundance mentality. We have been groomed to think that there always has to be a loser, and that is so not true. The most successful organizations, the most successful leaders and other people within those organizations have this abundant mentality, where they approach every situation thinking not only what’s in it for me, but what’s in it for you? How can we collaborate and come up with something much better than either one of us could have come up with on our own?
Author: Todd Davis
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
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