Exercise
Go back to the list of beliefs that you wrote down in the last ex-
ercise of Chapter 18. Choose one that offers the potential of find-
ing a worthy advocate on the other side. Schedule some time to
meet with someone who holds that opposite view and debate your
positions. Once you have done that and dug your heels in, then
switch roles and argue the other side. Try to become objective about
the arguments, seeing the validity of each. Now that you’ve clearly
defined the duality (the either/or thinking), let go of both positions
and brainstorm how the two might come together to give a bigger,
more useful picture. Is there a new valuation technique or type of
company that represents both/and thinking? Ask yourself questions
like, “What if each of these positions has a valuable partial truth
within it?” or “How can we combine these partial truths to de-
velop a more powerful one?”“O” Is for Omit Either/Or Thinking 18914-25 ware 189 1/19/01, 1:16 PM