http://www.andrewpmoore.com/leadership/spiderman-perspective-cookies/ Inside Out Leadership Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:58:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.andrewpmoore.com/leadership/spiderman-perspective-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Shekeisha Haygood Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:29:53 +0000 http://www.andrewpmoore.com/?p=205#comment-169 From my perspective that lady was a pushover. If I bought a bag of cookies and I thought someone was stealing them I'd say something. But anyway, it's important to always look at things from the other side. Without going into details, I lost several thousand dollars on a friend in just a few months. To forgive that person I had to first see things from their point of view. 'I hate you' had to become 'I might not agree with what you did or how you acted, but I understand and I forgive you.' For our own peace of mind we have to be able to relate to others and carry ourselves with a certain level of empathy and understanding. Things are not always as they seem. From my perspective that lady was a pushover. If I bought a bag of cookies and I thought someone was stealing them I’d say something. But anyway, it’s important to always look at things from the other side. Without going into details, I lost several thousand dollars on a friend in just a few months. To forgive that person I had to first see things from their point of view. ‘I hate you’ had to become ‘I might not agree with what you did or how you acted, but I understand and I forgive you.’ For our own peace of mind we have to be able to relate to others and carry ourselves with a certain level of empathy and understanding. Things are not always as they seem.

]]> http://www.andrewpmoore.com/leadership/spiderman-perspective-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Matthew Marcinek Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:28:37 +0000 http://www.andrewpmoore.com/?p=205#comment-143 Good job. Reminded me of a sermon I heard awhile back of a man w/ unruly children on the train. Kids acting up and father not doing anything to discipline. When confronted he was deeply apologetic – noting that had just returned from the hospital where his wife had passed and the kids where acting out. That has always stayed with me and I try to approach each interaction w/ an attempt of awareness. Good job. Reminded me of a sermon I heard awhile back of a man w/ unruly children on the train. Kids acting up and father not doing anything to discipline. When confronted he was deeply apologetic – noting that had just returned from the hospital where his wife had passed and the kids where acting out.
That has always stayed with me and I try to approach each interaction w/ an attempt of awareness.

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