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Don’t Listen…. Imitate

January 24, 2011 Leave a comment

To most (but not all) corpo execs and fatty middle managers everywhere, take heed:

“Children are never good at listening to their elders, but they never fail to imitate them.”  – James Baldwin

OMG, I’m so embarrassed! In yesterday’s post, I hinted that I sort-of wanted to do away with my Father Guido Sarduccifind-the-poop-in-the-picture” pattern of immaturity. Nevertheless, if this quote from the “Wilde” man doesn’t hold a grain of truth to it, then I’m hopelessly hosed:

Life is too short to be taken seriously – Oscar Wilde