Older Mentor Prints

'Dang! -- STILL no lifetime achievement award!'

'Do you think, perhaps, that we could start shooting for a few longer-term goals around here?'

'Put an egg in the bowl and beat it with the whisk.'

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

Reach for the Star.

'No, your guess isn't as good as mine.'

"Women Supporting Women!"

"I've just been offered a job sorting out the Y1K bug.."

Academic Idol - 'Professor Johannsen's paper was zippy. It had robust vocabulary and I almost felt that I could dance to it. I would give it a 7.'

'I like the way you handle responsibility, McWit, so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

"I wasn't the smartest guy in the room, but I was the loudest."

Leadership in the Covid-19 Era

Freedom comes at a cost. We must be willing to pay the ultimate price. Retail.

'BANG' and a cosmology institute appears.

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

"...and before you embark upon life's journey, could one of you help me with my laptop?"

"Leadership is all about knowing who to delegate responsibility for all your mistakes."

'Investment charts can be complicated, son, but that usually means, 'bonuses'.'

Teamwork!

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a MAP, actually."

"I was young and cocky because I wasn't aware of my shortcomings. Now I'm old and cocky because I can't remember what they are."

"Here are the new sales figures, which way up would you like them?"

An old man growing berries

"I guess I was a good shot, because I took down 50 Nazis...all by myself. That's how I got my silver star. Honestly, I don't consider myself a hero. I consider myself lucky."

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for the day. Teach a man to fish and you can charge a consulting fee."

'I don't know if money grows on trees, son. I know it doesn't grow in fields.'

"A one-word email reply... classic power move."

"Well, it's unanimous. Instead of going out of business quietly, with dignity and grace, we've decided to end things killer asteroid-style, taking as many of our competitors with us as possible!"

"I used to drink to forget. Now, age-related, short-term memory loss takes care of that for me."

Academics At The Beach: The Old Man And The Sea

The best PE teacher in the World.

"But I see you're having difficulty following my argument."

Unto thee shall pass the executive laser pointer. Take this authority and delegate it.

"Either we spend millions on new technology to erase each agent's memory following a sensitive assignment, or we just start hiring people over fifty."