You can’t have an “in crowd” without creating an “out crowd.” Who do you let into your circle of friends—and who do you exclude? One day in the Army, I arrived early for a meeting. It was an unusual meeting. Every battalion was required to send one representative, which meant there was a great variety of folks—infantry, signal, transportation, aviation, etc. As I sat in the auditorium waiting for things to begin, I noticed something. Each new arrival would stop and scan the room, trying to … [Continue reading...]
