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" ... Bottom line, good people can do bad things. Lyndon Johnson was courageous and bold in pushing for civil rights. He was banal and stupid in plunging America into the Vietnam War. And likewise less honorable people can do good. Richard Nixon sought to subvert the Constitution to save his presidency. The same Nixon started the EPA and pushed for the enactment of Title IX that opened the door for women to receive financial support for participation in collegiate athletics. ... "
" ... How are meetings typically run here? This question may seem banal, but it says more than you think. Do meetings start and end on time? Do people always default to 30 or 60 minutes, versus shorter alternatives? Do people circulate agendas in advance and have a clear focus for the meeting? Are people multi-tasking, doing email, Slack and other work or are they focused and engaged in the discussion? Some companies have a day of the week with no meetings, others allow a 5-15 minute break between meetings. Norms around meetings can say a lot about what’s expected or tolerated (or supported) in the organization that can also be clues about psychological safety when it comes to things like being able to push back for a shorter meeting time, feeling ok to leave to be on time for another meeting when someone hasn’t managed the time well, or even declining a meeting. Good follow-up question: What are 1-2 things you think the company can do better when it comes to how people run meetings here? ... "
" ... I saw Randy Orton’s banal joke about Stephanie McMahon having his balls in her purse coming from miles away, yet Randy Orton still used it and, of course, Triple H took the bait. ... "
" ... I was almost afraid to speak to him. I didn’t want to annoy him by asking him frivolous things. But I didn’t want to ask him stupid, banal questions that wouldn’t offer any insight into his personality off-camera. In desperation, I turned to an infallible source — the Proust Questionnaire. Derived from a parlor game popular in the late 19th century, the Proust Questionnaire was made famous by the answers given by the French essayist and novelist Marcel Proust. Today, it is used on celebrities for the back page of Vanity Fair magazine. ... "
" ... This would have the greatest impact in helping both children and adult viewers reconcile themselves to the banal but nevertheless, inescapable reality that disabled people are just like everybody else. ... "