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What struck me most about Peaks & Valleys is the idea that everything is connected -- how we respond to good times influences how we respond to bad and vice versa. It's a powerful notion of fluidity. How do you know if you are halfway up a peak or halfway down a valley?

These are lessons I've thought about repeatedly since finishing Peaks & Valleys, ideas that will stay with me. We want to believe when everything is going well that things will always be that way, but everything changes. Now I'm thinking about how I will respond to those changes when they occur in a very different way.

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Yes it is certainly true that we want to believe that good things and good times will stay forever, and sometimes we become arrogant after working in a place for a number of years. But things can change in the flicker of an eye lid, and we must be ready for that change. It will not necessary be worse for us, but making the change can be difficult. I have had some real life experience on this at work, and I hope that the next time it happens, I will be ready. Thanks to the book I now have the courage to take on the next valley.
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