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Re: Fear and Loathing at the Job Site

Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing at the Job Site
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 20:59:04 -0700


Diane Newbury wrote:

The most common and
most frustrating comment that I hear again and again is: "A good trainer can
train anything."
Or, in alternate forms, "A good seller can sell anything," or "A good writer can write about anything."

I put all of these into the subclass of half-truths that flourish because our culture seems unable to handle ambiguity or subtlety of thought. It's a half-truth because, no matter what you teach, sell, or write, there is a body of transferable skills that can help you adjust quickly to most situations. But, as I'm sure you know, it's also half a lie, because the key to all these activities is to know your subject. But people latch on to the half-truth, and nothing seems to shake their devotion to it.


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Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England,
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