Comments on: Neighbours at war!

By: Colin

Colin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:20:55 +0000

Great blog Graham – how often have I felt my own ears heating up when people put me out. It actually takes enormous effort to swallow it and move on (for me at least). There’s a leadership lesson in there too, isn’t there? You’re the leader, but when your son came up with a solution you put your own emotions aside, considered it and went with it. Good on you!
Best of all you must be proud of your son whose obviously wise beyond his years.

By: Graham Southwell

Graham Southwell — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:09:15 +0000

Thanks Jill – and I look forwards to catching up with you and Eric at the BNI International Conference in November.
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By: Jill Bode

Jill Bode — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:09:37 +0000

Good work Graham (and even better work from your son)! I’ve been “blessed” to experience a lot of turf wars lately and most of them come down to people believing that there can only be one “winner” in any given situation. It takes small sacrifices and some real trust (scary word that!) to make things work sometimes, but it can be SO much more satisfying in the long run. And you never know when your one act of heroism (and it was heroic) can pay even bigger dividends!

By: Graham Southwell

Graham Southwell — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:52:03 +0000

Thanks Ross,
I appreciate your thoughts/comments.
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By: Ross Kennedy

Ross Kennedy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:09:52 +0000

A great article Graham, we give to get back this is a universal law, to give means we have to give up, that is give up our ego. When we do this we see the truth from someone elses perspective, and a win/win follows.

Thanks for this Blog I enjoyed this.