So you want something good. Something hard to get. and you yourself must be good to earn it. But of course if you do too well, you may overshoot. Or maybe not overshoot, just slice to the side a bit. So then comes the challenge, the balancing act. You have to make it extremely evident that you are perfect in one aspect, but damn near worthless in every other. Not so hard right? Just be good at being awful. Kiss the right babies and shake the wrong hands. Speak the truth and hope that the people in the big chairs interpret it correctly. Or incorrectly. Whatever gets the job done.
Recently someone asked me for some advice in a bureaucratic situation. I told them that what they thought was wrong and that what they didn't think was also wrong. I ended the conversation telling them that they knew nothing, and therefore, they knew everything.
That person left with a confused look on their face. Can't imagine why.
