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The 3 rd Alternative. by Stephen R. Covey Presentation by: Fariha Khalid Sundus Iftikhar Syeda Hafsah Hasan. We are used to thinking that there are only 2 alternatives in every case. My team against your team. Environmentalists against developers. Rural against urban.
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The 3rd Alternative by Stephen R. Covey Presentation by: Fariha Khalid SundusIftikhar SyedaHafsahHasan
We are used to thinking that there are only 2 alternatives in every case. • My team against your team. • Environmentalists against developers. • Rural against urban. • 2-alternative thinking is deeply embedded in many of us. • We keep fighting and go for a shaky compromise. • Lose-lose situation.
The problem is usually not in the merits of our side but in how we think. • The real problem is in our mental paradigm. • Paradigm means a pattern or model of thinking that influences how we behave. • It is like a map that helps us decide which direction to go.
The map we SEE determines what we DO and what we do determines what we GET.
The 3rd alternative is a way to solve the toughest problems we face. • It is not your way and it is not my way. • It is a higher way. OUR WAY MY WAY YOUR WAY
How do we get to the 3rd alternative? • We get to the 3rd alternative through a process called synergy. • The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. • Birds in a V formation can fly nearly twice as far as a lone bird because of the updraft created by the flapping of their wings. • Every child is a 3rd alternative with capabilities that never existed before. Those capabilities cannot be predicted by adding up the capabilities of the parents.
Synergy is a miracle. • It is a concept that is difficult for people to understand. • Synergy is better than my way or your way. • It is our way. • It is a win-win situation. • It is not a compromise where everyone loses something. • Compromise breeds satisfaction but not delight.
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