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The Social Instinct

“In life one could get along very well without ideas, if one had only social instinct.”—Henry Adams.

A pretty face, a gorgeous smile can go places.  My step-mother, who was a clerk at a credit union, watched a good number of managers go through the revolving door, each one younger and more suave.

“They are all very sweet, but know nothing about management.  And the next thing you know they are promoted.”

During a recent visit to the bank, the manager asked if he had satisfied my needs after refusing to endorse a transfer that I had made.  I said no, and asked if he had just recited a line from his rule book.  He looked apologetic enough but explained that his hands were tied.

“I’m sure they are,” I sympathized.

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Ideas Are Cheap

It is easy to come up with ideas. I have ideas for others: Do this.  Do that.  What about?  How about?  And people have ideas for me.  Mostly, these ideas come in one ear and go out the other.

An idea is a thought, a possibility. It is not exclusive and doesn’t worth much.  “That person stole my idea.”  is a common lament when an idea becomes reality and profitable.  We can all dream, but the one who succeeds does the grunt work.

To have one idea is to have many ideas.  The creative process allows us to keep coming up with new ways of doing things.  Isn’t that a great idea!

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