“I want hard skills,” the CEO snapped, “I’m not interested in any of that soft stuff.”
“Then go home on Friday,” I retorted, “and spend the weekend alone with no television, no socialising, and no distractions, just sitting with and facing yourself. Then come back on Monday and tell me about ‘hard’.”..
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