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Men acquire a particular quality by
constantly acting in a particular way.

—Aristotle

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People Have
Different Ways of

Achieving Results

e all have different ways of accomplishing things. Some
Wpeople deliberate for a long time and then move quickly,
some people make a quick decision and then take a long time get-
ting around to doing something about it. Sometimes the results
are exactly the same. The old saying “to each his own”is right be-
cause there is no right way or wrong way.
As an example, I like the story about a copywriter who would
spend most of his time looking like he wasn’t doing anything. He
would gaze out the window for hours, sit doing nothing, and made
no attempt to look busy. This drove his co-workers up the wall, so
they finally complained to the boss. The boss became very inter-
ested in this report, asked them how long this behavior had been
going on, and then told them all to see if they could get him cof-
fee or lunch, anything to make sure his day wasn’t interrupted.
They became irate over this preferential treatment, so the boss told

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