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My Favorite 9.62% of the Rules of Thumb March 26 2010
Earlier this week, I was with a group of business owners in the training and performance industry. As you might imagine, it was a pretty energetic and creative group of people. Someone at the meeting shared with us a list of rules that comes from a book called Rules of Thumb
Webber offers 52 Rules of Thumb for life in his book. I’ve reviewed the list several times now and thought I’d share my five favorite (or 9.62%) of Webber’s 52 rules. Here they are:
Rule 1: When the going gets tough, the tough relax.Rule 10: A good question beats a good answer.
Rule 18: Knowing it ain’t the same as doing it.
Rule 32: Content isn’t king. Context is king.
Rule 47: Everyone’s at the center of their map of the world.
Webber wraps things up by encouraging you to come up with your own 53rd Rule of Thumb. Here’s mine:
It’s important to understand the difference between what should be and what is.
What’s yours?
Scott Eblin is an executive coach, speaker and author of 
On any given day, try to change the world more than it changes you.
Scott,
Another great post.
One of my rules of thumb relates to #54.
Talk to them about them
Here's another: Don't narrow the dream expand the team.
Thanks again for giving back to the community.
Regards,
Leadership Freak
Dan Rockwell
Here's mine:
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