Competitive Advantage

I find nothing wrong with being educated-- As long as one's education doesn't exceed one's intelligence. Ya know what I mean Vern? It's like putting two friendly cats in a sack, shaking it up and dumping them out. Each will claw and scratch to get ahead, as they hit the ground running. Kind of puts me in mind of life. Everyone strives for some competitive advantage. For some, It's formal education, It's one thing to have it--still another to use it. But never consider yourself the better person simply because of it. When you make this mistake, you have surrendered your competitive advantage to the person who's diploma reads School Of Hard Knocks.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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