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Too much is superfluous!
Take a hard look at your firm. Is your operation lean and mean, or is it bloated with perks and unneeded extras?
A friend of mine, an Austin-based land use attorney, grew up listening to his grandmother telling him, in Yiddish, that, “too much is superfluous.” He understood this to mean “enough is enough.” The first time I heard him use this expression in practice – in a public hearing for a contested permitting case, no less – I knew it was a keeper, a new arrow for my personal quiver of management one-liners.
Will Schnier GUEST SPEAKER
good round with a valued client, family member, or friend is irreplaceable. But a corporate golf tournament is six hours of your life you’ll never have back, and that somehow “This is the time when we should all get fearful of superfluous spending in our respective firms, what Warren Buffet may refer to as being fearful when others are greedy.”
This economy we’re in, especially in Texas, is hot right now. This is the time when we should all get fearful of superfluous spending in our respective firms, what Warren Buffet may refer to as being fearful when others are greedy. Let’s start with golf. Those within our firm know that I detest corporate golf tournaments. Personally, I don’t enjoy spending long hours with people who can’t play golf and who fail to recognize when that next drink is superfluous. Don’t get me wrong about golf. I love golf. I grew up with it and have found great personal growth by playing the game poorly on many occasions. A
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THE ZWEIG LETTER February 5, 2018, ISSUE 1234
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