Chapter 11. Self-Betrayal
“Now at first you’re going to think this is a silly story. It’s not even a workplace story. We’ll apply it to the workplace when we get a little more under our belts. Anyway, it’s just a simple little story—mundane even. But it illustrates well how we get in the box in the first place.
“One night a number of years ago, when David was just an infant, I was awakened by his wailing cries. He was probably four months old or so at the time. I remember glancing at the clock. It was around 1:00 A.M. In the flash of that moment I had an impression or a sense or a feeling—a thought of something I should do. It was this: ‘Get up and tend to David so Nancy can sleep.’
“Now this sort of sense is very basic,” he continued. “We’re all ...
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