| An executive hirer, a “head-hunter” who goes out and hires corporate executives for other firms, explained, “When I get an executive that I’m trying to hire for someone else, I like to disarm him. I offer him something to drink, take my coat off, then my vest, undo my tie, throw up my feet and talk about baseball, football, family, whatever, until he is relaxed. Then I lean over, look him square in the eye, and say, ‘What is your purpose in life?’ It’s amazing how top executives fall apart at that question. However, I was interviewing a fellow the other day, and when I asked him what his purpose in life was, he said without hesitation, ‘To go to heaven and take as many people with me as I can.’ For the first time in my life I was speechless.” |