Laz, I incorrectly pinged Howlin to #147, when it should have been to you. My apologies.
Thanks for starting this thread. It's almost unbelievable that "powerful people" need advice like this. I wonder how they got where they are without learning it early on? I learnt such stuff from the School of Hard Knocks.
It's sort of unnerving to think they've climbed the ladder of success without learning such a valuable lesson. I wouldn't call it "Dumb Luck", but I know people who would.
I think the point here is -- especially for us old timers -- that we've been doing this for so long with absolutely no attention being paid to us that now that we are getting scrutinized, we need to remind everybody, not just "powerful people," that this is not the minor leagues anymore.