Keeping Perspective

• How to listen can be learned quickly. What to listen for takes longer. 
• The rules can be learned quickly. The exceptions take longer.
• How to take action is prose. Whether and when to take action are poetry.
• Getting into a project is easy. Extricating yourself is another story.
• What is wanted is important. What is not wanted is even more important.
• Information can be found on every street corner. Wisdom may require an appointment.
• Being positive is appreciated but learning to say no is vital.
• Strategy soars and yet logistics brings it down to earth.
• Kind words are rubies. Generosity and gratitude are diamonds.