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A businessman
was highly critical of his competitors' storefront windows.
"Why, they
are the dirtiest windows in town," he claimed. Fellow business
people grew
tired of the man's continual criticism and nitpicking comments
about the
windows.
One day over coffee,
the businessman carried the subject just too far. Before
leaving,
a fellow store owner suggested the man get his own windows washed.
He followed
the advice, and the next day at coffee, he exclaimed, "I can't believe
it.
As soon as I washed my windows, my competitor must have cleaned his too.
You should
see them shine."
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Confucius
once declared, "Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's
roof when
your own doorstep is unclean."