One of my kids used to attend a school where their all-purpose mantra for proper behavior was "Be Safe, Be Kind, Be Legal." In our household, we have bastardized that as our all-purpose sendoff when someone goes out the door: "Be safe, be kinda legal." - posted by DawnSimulator at 2:15 PM on November 7 [10 favorites]What Are Your Examples of Family Jargon? (Ask Metafilter)
Showing posts with label good advice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label good advice. Show all posts
09 November 2008
Thought for the day
20 May 2008
The best advice I ever got
Leonard Lauder:
...[I]f you had something good to say, you should put it in writing. But if you had something bad to say, you should tell the person to his or her face.The best advice I ever got (Fortune.com)
I learned this lesson the hard way. I'm chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and several years ago, I was angry with one of my trustees. I wrote a letter and signed it. But then I decided not to send the letter, and left it on my desk over the weekend. The following Monday I was out of the office, when a temp saw the letter and mailed it. The trustee got very angry and resigned from the board. To this day, writing that letter is something that I regret.
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