Life isn’t about keeping score – it’s about being the best person you can be, in every situation, big or small.
· Would you rather be happy, or right?
· It easy to believe you’re right; it’s another thing to be right.
· Being right should make you happy.
We've all been or worked around people who always believe that they're right. Even when they're obviously wrong, they'll challenge you to agree that they're right. But since work is all about getting things done with others, there's no time for arguing about who's right and who's wrong; the argument should be about what's right or wrong. And everyone's energy should be put into that simple goal. It's been my experience that in groups there's always more than one opinion - the trick is in making everyone feel like they had a hand in making the right decision. Leaders need to leave their ego at home, working as an equal to make everyone feel god about doing what’s right. When the right decisions are made and the right things are done, a business and its employees thrive. That ultimately reflects on the leader and that should be the measure of their success. Don't get caught up in petty arguments; just be concerned about what is right today.
Ezra Taft Benson (1899 – 1994): American farmer, government official, and religious leader who served as the 15th United States secretary of agriculture under President Eisenhower and as the 13th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
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