GREAT ADVICE IN THE MOST ABSURD POLITICAL TIME OF OUR LIVES

"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

Voltaire 17th century French author/historian/philosopher

Listen very carefully to what others say is truth.

Sometimes it is, often it's not.

Which you believe is and is not will have much to do with the course of your life. 

AND THAT'S NO EXAGGERATION

"Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else."

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish writer.

We all exaggerate, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. 

There's no harm in that in business unless we begin to manage based on what really isn't true.

A dead end street.

The Danger of Misinformation

"I honestly think it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so."

Josh Billings
19th century American humorist

Mr. Billings is talking about believing you know something you actually don't and certainly acting on misinformation ("what ain't so") is not a good thing.

I think far too many managers do so, far too often.