Posted by dorayme on 10/06/07 22:49

In article <zaONi.4452$oA2.4221@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com>,
William Gill <noreply@example.invalid> wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
>
> > Dangerous question Andy. If I recall a while back, everyone (not
> > me) here was saying how easy it was to write good html/css. But
> > talk about bad non-Flash websites everywhere!
> >
>
> Someone once said "The guitar is easy to play, poorly." That may be why
> so many are willing to shell out the bucks to hear it played well.
>
> As I once told a boss, "If this job was easy, you wouldn't need me.",
> and I told a peer "If everyone was as smart as you, what would make you
> so special?"
>
> Having managed some very gifted individuals, I learned it is sometimes
> difficult to maintain a line between instilling pride, and discouraging
> arrogance.

Yes... I handle the situation by swinging violently between
exhibiting pride and arrogance. I have studied Aristotle's
Doctrine of the Mean intensely but it has not helped. It is
easier to give vent to both emotions at their extreme, now one,
now the other. <g>

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dorayme

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