Golden Oldies: Balance and Common Sense
by Miki SaxonPoking through 11+ years of posts I find information that’s as useful now as when it was written.
Golden Oldies is a collection of the most relevant and timeless posts during that time.
Anyone who reads this blog knows I hold very specific views when it comes to MAP and how people conduct themselves — some would even call me opinionated and I wouldn’t argue. But opinionated or not, I do my best to evaluate based on what is, as opposed to what I wish.
So it was with major regret that I realized this post is no longer what is — at least in Silicon Valley, other startup ecosystems, too many parts of corporate America and large swaths of the public (dis)service, AKA, politicians — it’s what I wish.
And I’m sure others do, too.
Read other Golden Oldies here.
I was reading Oscar de la Renta’s obituary (fascinating guy) and a quote from him caught my eye.
“Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.”
What grabbed me was the second sentence.
Because it doesn’t matter what you set out to do or how much money you spend on accouterments.
It doesn’t matter who you know, where you went to school, how many hours you work or how brilliant your vision.
It doesn’t matter because without balance and common sense you will fail.
Because balance and common sense are the foundation of anything you choose to accomplish.
Flickr image credit: James Jordan