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    Marianne Lewis & Wendy Smith

    Aug 12, 2022 4 minutes
    BY MEREDITH WOLF SCHIZER

    What is both/and thinking? How does it compare to either/or thinking?

    Smith _ As parents, partners, employees and leaders, we’re caught in tug-of-wars. Do we prioritize work or family, current targets or learning new skills, social or financial needs? Facing a dilemma, we typically make a choice: A or B. We then stick with that choice. This either/or thinking can be helpful in the short run. Yet it limits our options. Worse, it can lead us down a rabbit hole, overemphasizing one side until we’re stuck.

    Both/and thinking starts with recognizing paradoxes within our dilemmas. Think yin-yang.

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