Opinions are like a$$****. Everybody has one.
We have all heard it. Used it.
Anything new?
Yes. What can be done to better this hard-hitting quote?
How about a modified version of the quote?
"Opinions should be like armpits. Everybody should have a couple of them."
Wonderful. I thought.
Who came up with this one? Very creative.
Beyond the sheer artistry of words, there is plenty of wisdom if we care to look deep into the modified version of the quote.
What makes one so obnoxious? IMO, way too much attachment to his or her opinions. I have mine. I can not see any other way. So do you. My way or your way or highway. No wonder people will, very gladly, tell such a person to go and jump off a cliff.
So, we can not avoid having one dominant opinion. But, how about a few fallback ones too? You know just in case. Stand-byes, extras, spare ones..
Colin Powell said - "do not have your ego attached your position because when your position falls your ego falls with it."
Opinions are meant to be shot down. Sure, fly your opinions but be ready to jump out of it if somebody else's pure logic shoots it down. Smart pilots let go of their planes and take the parachute, rather than meeting a fiery grave.
My apologies if the quote is somewhat offensive. If not for wisdom in it, I would not have found it reasonable to use it. So, sometimes we have to look at many unusual things for wisdom.
A$$**** is not totally out of respectable usage. Stanford business school's reputed professor Bob Sutton wrote a book titled 'No A$$**** rule' a few years back. That book is a very good book. That book looks at a$$**** at workplaces and the tremendous damage they cause. Great read. IÂ wrote about it a few years back. You can read that post at - http://maheshuh.blogspot.com/2007/04/no-asshole-rule-building-civilized.html.
Another creative way to look at the modified version of the quote (i.e. armpit version) is to start thinking about deodorants.
Thank you, you say. I shall stop.
But, armpits, Bo, deodorant and the difference the deodorant makes in civilized world will give you some ideas about tempering the stench of our pet opinions with some sort of a deodorant called open-mindedness.
Mind is like parachute. Works best when open.
Cheers. Hope our opinions smell fresh.
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