Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
October 6, 2010 - by
“Prom Queen!”
“Calm down, now, John.”
“I enjoyed our friendship – while it lasted.”
It sounds like two middle-schoolers having a bad breakup. But no. It was the Wake County
And they did it with such grace and style. So mature and professional. Such a good example for the students over whose lives they hold sway.
Now, like any teenager, they’ve taken their fight to Facebook.
The older I get, the more I see how damaging it is to let emotions rule your actions in public life.
President John Kennedy had a great definition of discipline in politics: “The ability to smile at the SOB who just stuck a knife in your back.”
If John Tedesco & Co. had a bit more of that discipline, they might have a bit more success.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
October 6, 2010/
“Prom Queen!”
“Calm down, now, John.”
“I enjoyed our friendship – while it lasted.”
It sounds like two middle-schoolers having a bad breakup. But no. It was the Wake County
And they did it with such grace and style. So mature and professional. Such a good example for the students over whose lives they hold sway.
Now, like any teenager, they’ve taken their fight to Facebook.
The older I get, the more I see how damaging it is to let emotions rule your actions in public life.
President John Kennedy had a great definition of discipline in politics: “The ability to smile at the SOB who just stuck a knife in your back.”
If John Tedesco & Co. had a bit more of that discipline, they might have a bit more success.