Friday, July 1, 2011

Quote of the Day

"There is a limit to how much honest feedback most leaders really want to hear; and because we know this, most of us sugar-coat our opinions whenever we speak to a powerful person. In a deep hierarchy, that process is repeated many times, until the truth is utterly concealed inside a thick layer of sweet-talk. There is some evidence that the more ambitious a person is, the more he will choose to be a yes-man and with good reason because yes-men tend to be rewarded."

 - via FS (this not only applies to leaders but we as society got "adapted" and thrive in a quagmire of white-lies)

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