CHAPTER 15

Creative and Confidential

A young man went to his father to announce he wanted to get married. His father asked who the girl was. His son told him it was Mary Lou, a girl from the neighborhood. His father sadly said, “I’m sorry son but the girl you wish to marry is your sister. Please don’t tell your mother.”

The son brought more names to his father only to be frustrated with the same response! So . . . the son decided to tell his mother. Mom, he said, “I want to get married but dad said the girls are all my sisters.” His mother smiled and said, “don’t worry, you can marry any one of those girls. You’re not his son!”

Whether at home or work, maintaining secrets requires attention to the human element of confidentiality and ever more ...

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