And this is how fake quotes get started. Someone takes some fairly innocuous advice, claims that some famous person said it and now everyone thinks it’s wisdom from the ancients. I suspect this...
And this is how fake quotes get started. Someone takes some fairly innocuous advice, claims that some famous person said it and now everyone thinks it’s wisdom from the ancients.
I suspect this has been going on from the days of Buddha and Plato and that half the stuff we think various prophets said was only attributed to them by some ancient thought leader looking for the imprimatur of authority.
Not only a leadership lesson but a lesson in myth building. I actually read this as a lesson too in why you should try and connect your ideas to older ideas or to brands, something familiar. Makes...
Not only a leadership lesson but a lesson in myth building.
I actually read this as a lesson too in why you should try and connect your ideas to older ideas or to brands, something familiar. Makes it much easier to sell.
And this is how fake quotes get started. Someone takes some fairly innocuous advice, claims that some famous person said it and now everyone thinks it’s wisdom from the ancients.
I suspect this has been going on from the days of Buddha and Plato and that half the stuff we think various prophets said was only attributed to them by some ancient thought leader looking for the imprimatur of authority.
Not only a leadership lesson but a lesson in myth building.
I actually read this as a lesson too in why you should try and connect your ideas to older ideas or to brands, something familiar. Makes it much easier to sell.
If the cost of increased wisdom is an increase in fake quotes, I'm on team fake quotes.
—Gandhi