109. Create a different system!
The great genius Buckminster Fuller said, “You can’t change anything by fighting or resisting it. You change something by making it obsolete through superior methods.” Making the bad thing go away is a double negative: bad thing and go away are both negative. To change my life, I want positive energy. What Buckminster Fuller is saying is an important part of why coaching and consulting works. My coach does not have me fight off bad habits. My coach has me execute superior methods of living that make the bad things a mere memory.
What I learned from the visionary and enlightened president of Microchip Technology, Steve Sanghi, is that the world is a collection of systems. When I was asked to come into that company ...
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