"Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average person, you are just not cut out for positions at the top." JC Penney
(the following does not count as work: sending emails all day from the computer, reacting by answering questions rudely on your blackberry, working on power-point presentations known as "decks" 24/7, seeing customers when they are only happy, delegating bad news to your subordinates to handle, writing strategy reports without any idea on implementing or executing the plans other than by ordering people to do so because of your position of power, blaming everyone and anyone but yourself and your allies when the plan fails because of lack of empirical data , not validating your arguments with facts, unwilling to hear bad news, ready to sue, fire, or demote somebody, declaring your general counsel as your best friend, etc.) Anyone you know?
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