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SETTING A HIGH BAR DOESN’T EQUATE WITH UNFAIR

SETTING A HIGH BAR DOESN’T EQUATE WITH UNFAIR

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The line between set­ting high stan­dards and bul­ly­ing is nigh on impos­si­ble to dis­cern in today’s hyper-sen­si­tive world. Since step­ping over it costs jobs and rep­u­ta­tions, I sug­gest those who would pass judge­ment con­sid­er this thought from the 1908 nov­el  “The Magi­cian” by W. Som­er­set Maugh­am: “It’s a fun­ny thing about life; if you refuse to accept any­thing but the best, you very often get it.”… Read the rest

Confucius, Cronkite and Credibility

Confucius, Cronkite and Credibility

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Con­fu­cius once wrote: “If lan­guage is not cor­rect, then what is said is not what is meant…Hence there must be no arbi­trari­ness in what is said. This mat­ters above everything.”

 Putting a 2,500-year-old Chi­nese sage and a tele­vi­sion news leg­end in the same head­line might seem like incon­gru­ous overload.… Read the rest