Lincolnizing Situations

The famous phrase attributed to Abraham Lincoln can be utilized to illuminate the human nature landscape with a perspective that is a derivative of common sense, and a deft handling of the truth. 

Someone somewhere, recently has probably paraphrased Lincoln’s astute observation. “You can fool some of the people some of the time, you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”

Any word can take the place of the word “fool”. My latest insertion is the word “outthink”, but obviously it could be anything: outsmart, beat, defeat, humiliate, convince, manipulate, heal, etc. I’m sure you can think of many human action or behavior words that would fit perfectly into this paradigm. I really appreciate how this phrase and its variations can free us from generalizations, or the one description “fits all” tendency.

Cheers!