"Don't be angry. Be very disappointed in Bernie. Hurt? You can feel that personally. But don't get angry. Because if you get angry, you will eat up your own insides." - Fred Wilpon
This from a man who, after 30 years of relationship with a man so close he felt like family, learned that Bernie Madoff had bilked him of $550 million. And after investing so confidently in Madoff for so long, jilted other investors had filed suit against him as a perpetrator in the fraud - for another $1 billion.
"Don't get angry," he says.
I e-mailed a question to someone this week, who responded in a trite and incomplete answer, leaving me in the lurch. Irritating yes... devastating no. That is, non-devastating as long as I step away for a deep breath. Or about ten minutes of deep breaths. As a result, the follow-up e-mail was focused rather than emotional, and resulted in a healthy conclusion after a little more conversation.
Squalls are harmless, as long as we refrain from chasing them.
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