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{{a|shitmaxim|}}The accountants’ favourite chocolatier,<ref>And our ''second'' favourite chocolatier, after our own in-house chocolatiers, [[Maple, Maple et Cie|Les Frères Maple]], who are special, seeing as we made them up.</ref> Marc de Marquette, tells us: | {{a|shitmaxim|{{image|Hindenburg|jpg|A results-driven airship pilot yesterday.}}}}The accountants’ favourite chocolatier,<ref>And our ''second'' favourite chocolatier, after our own in-house chocolatiers, [[Maple, Maple et Cie|Les Frères Maple]], who are special, seeing as we made them up.</ref> Marc de Marquette, tells us: | ||
{{quote|“''Marc is driven by results and no better way for him to demonstrate his excellence than winning [[awards]] for his creations and his clients.''”}} | {{quote|“''Marc is driven by results and no better way for him to demonstrate his excellence than winning [[awards]] for his creations and his clients.''”}} | ||
Not to pick on Marc — | Not to pick on Marc — some bored copyrighter most likely put those words in his mouth, and look: he’s a chocolate guy, not a marketing guy — but we wonder what he, or any of the dreary multitudes driven to apply this sodden phrase in self-description on their [[LinkedIn]] profiles — can possibly mean. How can one be propelled by the expected outcome of one’s propulsion? This is surely to put the cart before the horse. | ||
Motivated by the hope of good ones, perhaps — who isn’t? — but then what results should a chocolatier expect, other than chocolate? “''Awards'' for chocolate” seems to be the rhetorical reply. | |||
Given that a result, of some kind, is the thermodynamic expectation of every application of force to object, however ill-advised, we wonder what folks think they are establishing when they claim to be “results-driven”. The captain of the Hindenburg got results, after all. So did the deputy chief engineer at Chernobyl. And [[Lehman Brothers|Dick Fuld]]. Just not particularly good ones. | Given that a result, of some kind, is the thermodynamic expectation of every application of force to object, however ill-advised, we wonder what folks think they are establishing when they claim to be “results-driven”. The captain of the Hindenburg got results, after all. So did the deputy chief engineer at Chernobyl. And [[Lehman Brothers|Dick Fuld]]. Just not particularly good ones. | ||
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*[https://www.marcdemarquette.com/about Marc’s site] | *[https://www.marcdemarquette.com/about Marc’s site] | ||
*[[Mark-to-market]] | *[[Mark-to-market]] | ||
*[[Awards]] | |||
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