Habit 4: Think Win-Win

Life is an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

 

Win-Lose:  The Totem Pole

A Win-Lose attitude wears many faces.  The following are some of them:

• Using other people, emotionally or physically, for your own selfish purposes.

• Trying to get ahead at the expense of another

• Spreading rumors about someone else(as if putting someone else down builds you up).

• Always insisting on getting your way without concerning yourself with the feelings of others.

• Becoming Jealous and envious when something good happens to someone close to you.

In the end Win-Lose will usually backfire.  You may end up on the top of the totem pole but all alone. 

 

Lose-win:  The Doormat

• Nice guy who is easy to get stepped on and weak.

• Find yourself setting low expectations and compromising your standards

• Give into peer pressure

Lose-Lose:  The Downward Spiral

• "If I'm going down, then you're going down with me"

• Revenge or becoming obsessed with another person in a negative way.

Win-Win:   I can win and so can you

• Life isn't always about competition.

• Thinking Win-Win is the foundation for getting along well with other people.