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1. Monkeys should be fed or shot.
No one likes the consequences of a starving monkey. They
tend to be very disagreeable and squeal and raise a ruckus.
Monkeys must be fed periodically. In this analogy, the
problem must be dealt with between the leader and the
teacher on a regular basis. If the monkey can be shot (the
problem solved quickly), then feeding times are not neces-
sary.

2. Every monkey should have an assigned next feeding time
and a degree of initiative.
After a feeding session, the leader should select an appro-
priate time for the next feeding and should have a number
of action steps for the teacher to take. "Can we meet next
Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. to see how things are going and
what we should do next?"

3. The monkey population should be kept below the
maximum number that the leader has time to feed.
The authors suggest that it should take 15 minutes to feed
a monkey, and that leaders should keep the list of
problems in various stages of solution to a manageable
number.

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