Truth 7Bullshit Makes Good Fertilizer—Just Watch Your Step
In his recent best seller On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt writes: "One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit." You may feel that this is all too true. From media, to politicians, to colleagues at work, at times it can seem that everyone around you has developed an unhealthy disregard for the value of honesty. But hold your horses! (Or should that be your bulls?) There are times in life, and in the workplace, when a little bit of bullshit, or BS, is a good thing.
BS in the negative sense is something suspiciously smelly. Deceitful or boastful language is certainly not something to be encouraged in the workplace. However, there is a place for BS ...
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