This story is told by David Kirk Hart, former professor at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management. It comes to me by way of my good friend and storyteller, Jim Ericson. "During World War II, a British war correspondent had gone into Normandy. He was particularly disgusted by the fact that the generals were living [...]
According to TIME magazine article "Lies, Lies, Lies" (Oct 5, 1992), "Lies flourish in social uncertainty, when people no longer understand, or agree on, the rules governing their behavior toward one another." Whew! That was close; I thought I had to bear responsibility for my truthfulness, or lack thereof. TIME made it society's fault. The [...]
Have you seen this email? It has been making the rounds for a while: A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated [...]
