BRX Pro Tip: Both And vs. Either Or
Stone Payton: Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips, Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, what is your operating discipline as you approach a decision, you know, either this or that?
Lee Kantor: In my family, we are and family, not or family. So, we try to create those kind of both and solutions over an either-or solution. So, we try to figure out a way where we can figure out how to get the best of both worlds. So, either-or kind of forces you into a false choice, pick this or that, win or lose.
Lee Kantor: But in business and leadership and real life, a lot of the best ideas are often in the gray area and not in the extreme. So, both and thinking kind of opens you up to more creative solutions, more balance, and more innovation.
Lee Kantor: If you ask yourself, well, what if we could do both, you know, serve the client and protect the team or grow fast and stay true to our values? If you can do both, rather than choose between one or the other, I think that you’re going to open yourself up to more possibilities. So, it’s a mindset that moves you from limitation to possibility, and it turns compromise into collaboration. And because it is such a complex, rapidly moving world, flexible thinkers are going to win.
