It boils down to honesty, really.
If you're honest and not a bullshitter, you get left alone.
It really is that easy.
I don't mean about just this, or any specific situation. I mean in your professional life, in how you carry yourself, how you write your articles and present information....it's about honesty.
This is something that even some of the Big Dogs let go to their heads. You think Alwyn doesn't take heat for things he says? He does. Mike Boyle? Same.
How can us "little folk" criticize? Because we've got functioning brains, that's how. Three decades in S&C and a good business model doesn't make you a fucking MENSA member above reproach.
They just don't garner it for this level of epic screw-up. But even with them, it comes back down to that basic concept: Honesty.
Be honest, and you'll be OK.
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