A Must Read: “Letters from a Self Made Merchant Man to his Son”, from Bill Rafter
If you have not read this, you should: "Letters from a Self Made Merchant Man to his Son" by George Horace Lorimer.
Craig Mee writes:
I simply mention Stan in passing as an example of the fact that it isn’t so much knowing a whole lot, as knowing a little and how to use it that counts.
Oh, how I have learned this the hard way. As an old squadron commander told me in my 20s, “You get a whole lot more bees with honey than you do with vinegar, young man.” Great advice, and I am happy to say I am finally following it many years later.