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The Monday Morning Memo

“Heroes are dangerous things. Bigger than life, highly exaggerated and always positioned in the most favorable light, a hero is a beautiful lie.

We have historic heroes, folk heroes and comic book heroes. We have heroes in books and songs and movies and sport. We have heroes of morality, leadership, kindness and excellence. And nothing is so devastating to our sense of wellbeing as a badly fallen hero. Yes, heroes are dangerous things to have.

The only thing more dangerous is not to have them.

Heroes raise the bar we jump and hold high the standards we live by. They are ever-present tattoos on our psyche, the embodiment of all we are striving to be.

We create our heroes from our hopes and dreams. And then they attempt to create us in their own image.”

– Roy H Williams,
in the Monday Morning Memo of Feb 17, 2003
THAT’S 21 YEARS AGO! – Indy

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“‘Since my last report, this employee has reached rock-bottom and shows signs of starting to dig.’

‘His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity.’

‘I would not allow this employee to breed.’

‘This associate is really not so much of a has-been but more of a definitely won’t be.’

‘He would be out of his depth in a parking lot puddle.’

‘This young lady has delusions of adequacy.’

‘This employee should go far – and the sooner the better.’

‘This man is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.’

‘He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.'”

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