Are you building bridges or barriers?

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“In times of crisis, the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers.”

T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman)

It is incredible how stuck people become on winning, at all costs. Instead of viewing a challenge with the long view and thinking about win/win solutions, much energy is spent winning the moment’s battle.  

Our world today is filled with so much uncertainty and volatility (VUCA is a post for another day) that aligning where appropriate instead of hunkering down to fight alone is a much more strategic and long-term approach.  

Be a builder, but know what it is you are building…

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Dusty Holcomb

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  1. Love the last line. There are a lot of people whose only purpose is to become “contractors” (leaders) and will done anything to get there, only to have no idea what or how to build. That house of cards do not last…

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