
Making You and I absent
When we talk about “I” and “You,” we are looking at ourselves as separate from each other. The “I” and

When we talk about “I” and “You,” we are looking at ourselves as separate from each other. The “I” and

QUESTION: I prefer to be a giver than a receiver. That way, I feel I never owe anyone anything. AZIM: None

“And now you ask in your heart, ‘How shall we distinguish that which is pleasurable from that which is not?’
I once asked a senior leader how much of his week was spent in meetings. “About sixty percent,” he said.
I was speaking with a business leader whose company was doing well by every traditional measure. Revenue was growing. The
Intelligence. Ambition. Influence. Prosperity. For decades these have been the traditional markers of success. Yet experience keeps reminding us that,
