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Consider that the opposite of operating on all cylinders is operating on half cylinders. No cylinders is a decision, all cylinders is a decision, but half cylinders is a default setting. When you’re operating on half cylinders it is a rationalization…a whatever zone where apathy is the opposite of energy. Sometimes half is all you got. Sometimes no cylinders is all you’ve got left. Sometimes entrepreneurs can’t sleep. Other times they can’t get up. Sometimes they know exactly where they’re going and other times they’re completely lost. Business highs are not permanent, business lows can be. We live in a world of not opposite opposites where irrational judgments can be the same as intuitive guideposts, depending on how the scenario plays out. Simplicity is not at odds with complexity. Authenticity is not at odds with professional conduct. You can be the same person at work and at home. This may play a role to living on all cylinders. How can you expect to be fully engaged if the opposite of you – is you at work?