Philosophy | Thinking | Self Improvement
It’s Not An Either-Or World. It’s a Gray, Gray, Gray World.
An abundance of choices may cause stress but a simple I’m-right-you’re-wrong-view leads to a closed mind.
It’s been a 14-hour plane flight, two hours to clear customs, a one hour ferry ride, and a three hour car trip to get to the factory. I’m drinking a cup of oolong tea at a table of twelve people all politely staring at me, watching me, and slurping their own cups of tea. All I want is a hotel bed and 10 hours of sleep.
The owner of the factory sets his cup down and politely explains that they will not ship any pumps to our customers unless we agree to a price increase. And they will not reimburse us for defective products from their last production run. No pumps. No cash. There are lots of polite head nods round the table in support of the boss-man.
Their little shake-of-the-heads have put millions of dollars of orders from the two largest home centers in the U.S. at risk.
Home centers calculate their ROI on shelf space. If we can’t complete the orders, and leave empty space on their shelves, not only will we be kicked out of the store — likely forever — but we could also be charged for the profits they…
