Thursday, September 16, 2010

The Virtue of Adversity--You Know You're an American If...


In America, we grow people who excel in adversity. So after some two centuries, there only people who can work under severe adversarial situations. And the consequence is that organizations are built to provide adversity. Organizations are not designed for efficiency of operation for the precise reason that everybody only work when they're poked and prodded. Americans are only able to function when they're an army of one at war. Americans only behave when they're constantly watched. Americans only apologize when they are caught doing something atrocious. Americans only feel comfortable if there are residual and lasting problems in their product.

You may say that you are religious, and perform according to God's commands and rules, but you know just as well as I that you are an American.

So, you know you're an American if you fit the above descriptions.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

and I know that I am an American!