Poor Rip Van Winkle, asleep for 20 years! His business was a failure because he did not work very hard — he had a lazy streak. His wife made things worse because she humiliated him morning, noon and night. A strange little man gives him a drink and he becomes so drunk that he falls asleep against a tree with his rifle beside of him. When he awakens, his gun has completely rusted out. While he slept for two decades, he missed the American Revolution, the death of his wife, the marriage of his daughter and the birth of his grandson.

The good thing that came about from his nap was that his age now gave him an excuse to be idle. If ever there is an anti-hero in American literature it is Rip. Van Winkle has a few character flaws: he has no ambition, he does not work hard for himself, and he does not rise above where he began. He just likes to chat and have friends. Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 For Pc Demo. Does this sound like some of your employees or perhaps you see a little piece of yourself in Old Rip? Are you still trying to do business or manage your employees as you did 20 years ago? Things have changed.

It is an entirely different world out here. We need to approach things differently than we did years ago. Cookie cutter solutions don’t work anymore. Oh, sure, there is the occasional instance where what you have done in the past will still work, but not generally. Sometimes, we fail to see that because we are still using what worked in the past, our brains are slowly going to sleep. We also begin to lose sight of who we are and what we represent.

Business needs to evolve with the times. Endeavor to know. Stop yourself from making assumptions. Ask questions, but don’t formulate the answer in your mind — listen to what the other person has to say. We think we “are in the know,” when in reality, we are not. We can learn when we listen with an open mind.

After Rip Van Winkle awoke, things had changed. Be open to new possibilities.

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