The Coffee Bean
by Jon Gordon and Damon West
A carrot softens, an egg hardens, a coffee bean transforms the water: a tiny fable about changing your environment rather than being changed by it. Based on co-author West's prison turnaround.
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you want a ten-minute metaphor for resilience.
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you want more than a metaphor.
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Three things you will actually use
- Be the coffee bean.
- Environment does not decide; response does.
- Transform the water.
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Our verdict
Be the coffee bean.
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