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5. Compensate Good Thinkers and Collaborators
Well
Successful organizations practice shared thinking. If you lead an organization,
department, or team, then you can’t afford to be without people who are good at
shared thinking. As you recruit and hire, look for good thinkers who value
others, have experience with the collaborative process, and are emotionally
secure. Then pay them well and challenge them to use their thinking skills and
share their ideas often. Nothing adds value like a lot of good thinkers putting
their minds together.
No matter what you’re trying to accomplish, you can do it better with
shared thinking. That is why I spend much of my life teaching leadership.
Good leadership helps to put together the right people at the right time for
the right purpose so that everybody wins. All it takes is the right people and
a willingness to participate in shared thinking.
Thinking Question
Am I consistently including the heads of others to think “over my
head” and achieve compounding results?

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Practice Unselfish Thinking
“We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our
own.”
—B
EN
S
WEETLAND
So far in this book, we’ve discussed many kinds of thinking that can help you to
achieve more. Each of them has the potential to make you more successful. Now
I want to acquaint you with a kind of thinking with the potential to change your
life in another way. It might even redefine how you view success.
Unselfish thinking can often deliver a return greater than any other kind of
thinking. Take a look at some of its benefits:

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