“There
was a man who worked for the United States Treasury Department. His job was
investigating cases where counterfeit money was involved. He was so good at
what he did that all it took was a quick look at a bill and he could tell if it
was genuine or counterfeit. One evening at a press conference following his
breaking up of a major counterfeit ring, one of the reporters directed this
statement to him: “You must spend a lot of time studying counterfeit bills to
recognize them so easily.”
His
reply to this was, “No, I don’t ever study counterfeit bills. I spend my time
studying genuine bills; then the imperfection is easy to recognize.” (David E.
Sorenson, “The Blessing of Work”. Speeches, March 06, 2005.
