A Foolish Consistency
Alok Mahajan
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Alok Mahajan
Strategic Leader with deep sales & marketing experience | Driving Brand Evolution and Business Transformation | COO at Tropilite Foods
The image of a clear headed, firm hearted Corporate Honcho is so implicit that very often a change of opinion is seen as a sign of weakness rather than a sign of an open mind and flexibility. Here are 3 interesting comebacks that I use in my head (very rarely in reality !) when people are surprised at perceived caprice.
"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)" - Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself 51"
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” - George Bernard Shaw
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. " - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Business Consultant (Self-employed)
4 年Very true
Coffeepreneur | CEO at Something's Brewing & Kaapi Machines
4 年Well said there Alok Mahajan sir. Same with leaders changing minds. Why should that be considered a sign of weakness or ineptitude!