EXAMPLES:
* In a job interview, he who names the salary first loses.
* In a discussion with a teenager, he who loses his temper first loses.
* In a triathalon, he who starts off first often loses.
* At work, he who insists his way is the right way loses.
* In relationships, he who insists that there’s only one way to see things loses.
* In competitive skating, gymnastics (and other sports of an aesthetic nature), the skater or gymnast who goes first loses.
COUNTER-EXAMPLES:
* In a sprint, he who starts off out front often wins.
* In pool, he who starts first often wins.
* In apologizing, he who goes first often wins.
* In starting a project off, he who is assertive and starts first on a productive note often wins, in many cases taking the entire team towards that win.
Uhm…where are you going with this Senia?
Comment by Grimo1re — Thursday August 9, 2007 @ 10:33 am
Excellent question, Grim…
I’m going towards… patience.
I meant to put in just the top half of the list, but then put in the bottom for some counterbalance.
Patience. I don’t have much of it.
But sometimes I do when I know it’s more useful to.
It makes it easier to have patience when I know that that patience can be useful.
Thanks!
Comment by Senia — Wednesday August 22, 2007 @ 11:34 pm
At a battle of the bands, he who goes last Wins
At a church lock-in, he who falls asleep first loses
Comment by tgpo — Wednesday August 22, 2007 @ 11:40 pm