Not the senior citizens we know generally, but the ones in offices. Not the seniors by age, but more by positions. The ones that call all the shots. The ones that are supposed to be leaders.
What is the one thing they are paid for? Not to know everything or solve every problem. But to simply make the right decision.
Decision making. That’s what they’re there for! But can they cut through the clutter and figure out the right decisions? Only if they stop talking!
When asked about his silence during meetings, Rockefeller often recited a poem:
A wise old owl lived in an oak,
The more he saw the less he spoke,
The less he spoke, the more he heard,
Why aren’t we all, like that old bird?