An Air Force major was...
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An Air Force major was promoted to colonel and was moved into a brand new office. His first morning behind the desk an airman knocked at the door and asked to speak with him. The new colonel, feeling the urge to impress the young man, picked up the telephone and said, 'Yes, general, thank you, yes. I will pass that along to the President this afternoon when he calls me." Then he turned to the airman who was still standing at the door. "And what do you want?" he barked. "Nothing sir. I just came by to hook up your phone."
The urge to impress is deeply ingrained in all of us. It is as new as the latest advertising campaign promoting a political candidate, and as old as the biblical story of Babel.
Babel is the story of humanity unable to communicate because people were determined to make a name for themselves and lord it over others. It tells us that when our main purpose in life is to make our name great and to gain power or wealth to our own credit or benefit, we lose the ability to cooperate, to create a civilization which serves the good of all. Our selfishness renders us unable to speak meaningfully to or work together with our neighbors.
--Kirby
The urge to impress is deeply ingrained in all of us. It is as new as the latest advertising campaign promoting a political candidate, and as old as the biblical story of Babel.
Babel is the story of humanity unable to communicate because people were determined to make a name for themselves and lord it over others. It tells us that when our main purpose in life is to make our name great and to gain power or wealth to our own credit or benefit, we lose the ability to cooperate, to create a civilization which serves the good of all. Our selfishness renders us unable to speak meaningfully to or work together with our neighbors.
--Kirby
