With many of us now fighting  the dog days of summer,  hoping to block their affect on morale and productivity so we can make the most of this tough year, our quote of this week is: 

It’s a quick reminder about this valuable story.

A Native American Elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner:

“Inside of me there are two dogs.
One of the dogs is mean and evil.
The other dog is good.
The mean dog fights with the good dog all the time.”

When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied,

“The one I feed the most.”

It’s true for the “dogs” that live outside of us as well. We can come up with good and bad in most every person, action, situation, etc. The one we dwell upon, think about, talk about or “feed” the most – that’s the one that wins. And when it’s the mean dog that wins, it’s hard not to lose morale and productivity.

Pass this story along to your colleagures.   Talk about it.   Post on the walls.  Post on your computer (see instructions below). Post it everywhere as a reminder that the dog you feed the most will win. 

Additional resources to help you help the good dogs win:

You can use either of the above quotes as background or wallpaper for your computer with just three clicks. 

1. Click on the image above.

2. Right click on the image that appears.

3. On the pull down menu that appears, click on “set as background”.

Voila! There’s still plenty of room on the left side of the screen for all your shortcut icons.

This quote is from the Be A Better Manager section of our Quote Library.  There are 153 additional ones in two different formats – for your computer screen and as a printable PDF.

Don’t have access to the library yet?  Get your password here.

Note:

If you don’t like your new wallpaper, don’t want to replace it with a quote from the Business Class Quote Library and don’t know how to get rid of it……

Go to your control panel. Select “Display”. Select “Desktop”. And then choose from the designs offered.

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