Today’s guest post is written by Jim Dougherty.
When I was a young Lieutenant in the Army there was a crusty Sergeant who enjoyed making my life difficult by telling me why I couldn’t do things.
He would always preface his thwarts with the phrase “by regulation.” One day my boss asked me about a project I was working on and I informed him that “by regulation” there were some restrictions to what I could do.
His response was simply, “What regulation?”
When I discovered the cited regulations didn’t exist, I gained a healthy appreciation for skepticism. (more…)