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There's a Peter Drucker quote, I believe, that I can't manage to find, but goes something along these lines (totally paraphrasing):

Businessmen tend to use fancy jargon for mundane things, which gives more exciting and important trappings to what is, in reality, a tremendously dull job. We should let them have it -- somewhat obfuscated language is a small price to pay to let them feel a little bit better about the boring tasks they accomplish day in and day out.




What about those whose jobs are boring & mundane under management positions? I understand the quote isn't yours, but what makes management so special?




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