Betrayal

While the Editorial Team enjoys a summer hiatus, we’re republishing past articles by popular demand…

“But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
—Jesus to the Disciples
Luke 22:36

If you work, love, play on a team, fight in a force, serve in a church, dedicate yourself to the community, the law, your country or mankind, you will experience betrayal. Not because they’re bad people

Poised for Outrage

“Don’t understand me so quickly!”
–Yul Brynner as Chris
in “The Magnificent Seven”

Have you noticed that people are “Poised for outrage”? Cutting you off halfway through a sentence? That they see you as “evil incarnate” before they’ve heard your entire premise? Especially when there’s an emotional charge in the air? There are lots of reasons: high-pressure circumstances, high speed technology and, of course, microwave popcorn.

Everything moves

Follow the Leader!

“The worst of corporate culture often originates in the bad habits of the Boss.”
— J. R. StJohn

Madison Avenue:
An executive was averse both to a standard structure and actual eye contact. Accordingly, he (and his Minions…) wrote his presentations out long-hand, essay style, and had them transcribed in IBM Orator Font on clear acetates for use with an overhead projector. The Minions would shepherd the stack to the conference room and solemnly place them one-by-one

A Gestalt of Systems

“Being a successful executive is a process of creating, managing and evolving a gestalt (family) of personal support systems to handle all the daily demands automatically, which leaves the individual with time to work, think, create and live — with sufficient attention left over to drive safely…”
— J. R. StJohn

John Molloy, author of the famous Dress for Success, once spoke of the challenge of office dressing as to create an “Office Uniform” which

Dress for Dismissal

“The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed.”
—Pablo Casals
Cellist, Composer, Conductor

So maybe you’re a watch nut. (As are many of us…) There’s a world of conversations to be had on the subject of fine timepieces. Knock yourself out! Have fun! Be an insider!

Just don’t for a second think that the timepiece, the tie, the suit or the briefcase are going to do anything but get a mental check mark from your listeners. (Check: He looks like