Humility and Respect
I enjoyed Stephen Colbert’s interview with Ambassador Andrew Young, who interestingly had actually negotiated the resolution of a strike in the past with Colbert’s father. Andrew Young suggests, in “Colbert style”, that Colbert should do what his father did and settle the Writer’s strike in the same way as they did in the past.
The two simple guidelines for negotiations were described as follows: (1) allow each party to have a face-saving way out; and (2) that by being reasonable and humble, you work out the problem so that everyone thinks they won, but nobody takes credit for it (a.k.a, being solution-focused rather than problem-focused.)
Also pointed out is that “strikes are never about money, they are always about respect.”
Humility and respect are free and are definitely two things that the world could use a lot more of.
Who would expect that the Comeday Channel could be both funny and educational?
