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"1776" No. 1 best seller in the USA - $17 @ Costco - a wonderful book - "Freakonomics" [No. 3] I didn't like - too raw.

Posted by Sean at June 12, 2005 6:28 PM

I suspect that part of politics is the playfulness of it - in other words research has shown that the caring, listening, upbeat M.D. almost never gets sued - even though they do make mistakes. The [perceived] arrogance, lack of emotional intelligence, abrupt, time-to-hit-the-tennis-court M.D. is known as Ms./Mr. Malpractice - continual problems, excess baggage, detriment. Why is there a Sir Mick and no Sir Keith? Because Mick is smooth and playful - Keith grates.

And in the career-place luckily some moms [and/or] dads instilled kindness and manners in most of us - and that pays huge dividends politically as we navigate playfully in office politic circles. This mortal thing is too short even at 100 years [40 years in 1776] - might as well make it as heavenly as possible in career and personal pursuits and the art and science of politics is key to making the most of it - that is the best my simple reasoning can come up with.

Posted by Sean at June 13, 2005 9:05 AM