I'm O.K., You're O.K.

1.Look good.
2.Be your own boss.
3.Don't get stuck behind a desk.
4.Only take cash.

Anyone who can tell me who advocated these conditions of success gets a sucker.

I came across an interesting story about Martin Van Buren this morning. Van Buren was president between 1836-1840 when he ran a re-election campaign that resulted in his getting turfed from the White House. As part of the usual smear campaign he was branded as aristocratic and out of touch with the people, odd as he began his ambitious career as a pot scrubber in a tavern. Some of the nick-names his opponents gave him were 'King Martin the First' and the 'Red Fox', but it was 'Old Kinderhook' which stuck, referencing the name of the town in New York where he was born. Some of his supporters in New York formed the Democratic O.K. Club to try to stem the tide but had little success and Van Buren was defeated. The expression O.K. was loose, however, and even if his supporters thought he was 'alright and correct' the rest of us soon forgot about Old Kinderhook when we began to use the initials to express our satisfaction with something. O.K.?

Look good. That makes sense to me. Be your own boss also is good sense if you want to become successful on your own terms, out from the shadows, as it were. Getting stuck behind a desk would somewhat hamper anyone who wanted to run the show and only taking cash is something I have promoted for years. Now who can tell me who cited this list. I've got your suckers ready.