The Brain Shop

After spending a couple of decades at a variety of institutions, big and small, I have become familiar with most of the stock phrases used in team meetings and orientation talks. Among them, one of the most overused is, “I only care about the results… It’s all that counts“. At this point in my career, whenever I happen to hear that expression, or any of its variants, I immediately look for the exit. In my experience, the individuals who regularly use it are exactly the same people who believe that “the ends justify the means“.

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