Productive Partners

Years ago Seth Godin was a book packager. He worked with science fiction icon Isaac Asimov when he was twenty-four. How was it?

Great.

“He always gave me  the benefit of the doubt,” Godin recalled, “He always had a useful contribution, and he never got petulant or brought his ego.” Instead Asimov offered, “How can we make this better together?”

How often does an ego get in the way?

How often do we want the credit or to avoid the blame?

How often does status butt in and block out the best decisions?

Isaac Asimov is the most prolific science fiction writer - ever. But in a partnership he was a partner.

To go fast go alone, but to go far go together.

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