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Understanding the Role of Acceptance in Motivating Others
Do you know the people we most align ourselves with? Do you know who we see as an all-star performer? You are right. It is people who are most like us. We are most attracted to the people who are most like us and least attracted to the people who are our opposites. But learning to accept each person as an individual can result in a huge payoff to everyone trying to inspire others.
Upon being interviewed, one savvy sales manager who had won award after award for his talent with people said, “I know I’m a great sales manager because I know I am better than anyone who works for me, and I got over that a long time ago. I recognize different people have a different approach to getting ...

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