CHAPTER 25
The Power Is in the Goal, Not Being Right
One day I was using my GPS to find a store and drove right past it. As I did, my daughter mustered her best parental mocking tone and said, “Dad, you just missed the store.” But I never saw it, because my GPS didn't say, “You have arrived at your destination.” You've probably had this happen to you. Maybe you've even heard of more dramatic versions of this like a person driving into a lake because his GPS told him to keep going. On the real roads of life, those people are probably crazy—or just stupid for not using their eyes. On the proverbial roads of business, however, these are the best leaders in the middle to have on your team because their company and bosses are the GPS, and they owned ...
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