Partnership Principle

Working together increases the odds of winning together. Try to build relationships with everyone, but forge partnerships with only a few. Those closest to you determine your level of success. Move from simply working with good, capable people to partnering with difference makers. Find capable people with the same passion and mission as yours who also need others to make a difference. This will lead to many rewarding relational partnerships and together you will do things that make a positive impact by helping others.

Every person possesses one of two mind-sets: scarcity or abundance. People with a scarcity mind-set believe that there’s only so much to go around so you have to scrape for everything you can and protect whatever you have at all costs. People with an abundance mind-set believe there’s always enough to go around.

Soundview Executive Book Summaries John C. Maxwell "Winning with People"