I once worked for a brilliant man who ran a successful company.  He was frugal, took prudent risks, and was generous to his employees, whom he credited with his success.  I learned much from him. But, every once in a while, this man would make a decision that was so unsound that it baffled me and my coworkers.  At first, I mistakenly thought that the seemingly foolish action was a stroke of genius.  I thought that he would later be vindicated, and that I would, yet once again, be amazed by his acumen. It was otherwise.  However superior his intellect was to mine, no amount of genius can outsmart common sense.  When this man was wrong, he was very wrong, and no amount of discussion could persuade him otherwise. He once stopped doing business with a particular vendor, (Vendor A) because the vendor charged extra for same-day delivery.  That made sense, but not when the vendor (Vendor B) he replaced him with charged even more.  I asked...(Read Full Article)