Why Do You Do Things That Way? The Power of Self-Reflection

As the world continues to feel the climate of change, it reminds me of a story that Zig Ziglar used to tell that I’m sure you’re all familiar with. A man’s wife sent him to the store to buy a ham.  The man brings the ham home and his wife instantly notices and comments that he didn’t have the end of the ham cut off. “Why do we want the end of the ham cut off?” the man asks. To which, his wife replies, “I cut the end of the ham off because my mother cut the end of the ham off.” Still baffled, the man goes into the living room and asks his mother-in-law why she had the end of the ham cut off. “I cut the end of the ham off because my mother cut the end of the ham off,” says the mother-in-law. The man decides he must have an answer now and immediately gets on the phone. “Grandma, I just have to know,” he says. “Why did you always cut the end of the ham off?” Grandma pauses for a minute and then replies matter-of-factly, “I cut the end of the ham off because my roaster

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