Breaking Down Barriers

In life, you will encounter barriers of communication. Often, it’s easier to just walk away from the barrier and look for a different solution.

But is that what you want? You walked into that barrier because somewhere behind it, there’s something of value. Often, you’d rather walk around the barrier or climb over it. More frequently, you’d like the person on the other side to walk around it or climb over it. Sometimes, you’d meet halfway or worse, at opposing ends. Effort and time are spent but the barrier still remains as an agonizing obstacle. Wouldn’t it be simpler to just remove the barrier?

Be patient. Break down the barrier. Together.

Mediocrity

I don’t like compromises. Compromise is the opposite of synergy. It’s based on making a choice between multiple elements because they couldn’t work together.

Compromises are often introduced to make multiple parties happy. But guess what? Synergy can achieve the same thing. Synergy drives a solution closer to optimal while compromise drives it further away from optimal. In the long run, compromises kill the potential of a concept.

If excellence lies at multiple extremes, don’t kill either by taking the middle road.

Focus on reaching synergy rather than compromises.