Wednesday, January 16, 2008

THINGS I'VE LEARNED -- BY ERIC ZORN

Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn's latest column is about turning 50, and the 50 things he's learned in that time. Some of them, in no particular order:
It’s better to sing off key than not to sing at all.
Promptness shows respect.
You can’t avoid offending people from time to time. When you don’t mean it, apologize. When you do mean it, accept the consequences.
Don’t be bothered when people don’t share your tastes in music, sports, literature, food and fashion. Be glad. You’d never get tickets to anything otherwise.
Keeping an open mind is as big a challenge as you get older as keeping a consistent waistline.
It’s never a shame when you admit you don’t know something, and often a shame when you assume that you do.
Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not pushing yourself. And if you’re not pushing yourself, you’re coasting.
If you’re in a conversation and you’re not asking questions, then it’s not a conversation, it’s a monologue.
In everyday life, most “talent” is simply hard work in disguise.

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