Chapter 86. Share What You Know

 

“Share what you know and, more importantly, what you imagine with others. Lead them to discover their own truths. The way you live your life is as powerful a teaching for others as what you say to them.”

 
 --Tom Cowan, shamanic practitioner

This Rule is about mentoring people who know less than you. They don’t have to know that much less, and you don’t have to know that much more. But if you share everything you do know, then they will know as much as you. Some managers will see this as a threat. They are the foolish ones. What you have just done is train up someone to take some of the workload from your shoulders. Someone to replace you when you get promoted.

Some managers feel awkward about sharing because they ...

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