Re: Doing, Re-doing, Over-duing...diligence, that is.  Quotes and Votes, from both sides.

"Everything in Moderation" A (pre)cautionary phrase we heard early, often, sometimes on our own behalf, at others a call for moderation in judging others' lifestyles, whether it was what we were consuming ("a decision to eat and live a certain way", is one way to put this...) while also a subtle call for toleration...up to a point...Soon to be joined by "A place for everything, everything in its place" -- while attributed to Benjamin Franklin, we have all heard various iterations, which generally and at the same time, more specifically, refer to time, place...even persons (a place for everyone...."where everyone knows your name...Cheers!"). Finally, to be supplemented, augmented if you like, by "Don't over-due, over-think, over-analyze, a good thing, like diligence" OK, I'll take credit where credit is not quite due here, for this derivation, variation on a theme...these days oft referred to as "hybrid" So, what about this so-called attribute, virtue, which is emphasized as a cornerstone of a successful transaction as well as instrumental to our success as a student, whatever grade we find ourselves in...can this thing, that we are so oft "called on" (as in class😟) to do, pre-sumably already done, to be "ready", be overdone...not always "timely", what about the other side of this issue...? 

Counter, In-tuitive: As in going beyond the obvious, outside the oft heard about "box", consider both sides of the argument (as if there is one here, right?)...in order to not get "blindsided" after you may have been "guilty" yourself of being too emotionally tied to one side of the argument. Something good, experienced debaters learn, sometimes the hard way, after their assiduous research culminates in their "final argument" getting "struck down", at least under-appreciated. All this prefacing, providing you some background, in order to process what might be for some of you counter to intuition, that "due diligence", while generally highly endorsed as a good thing to do well and well ahead of time, actually has some detractors, at least in the form, of voices overheard (aka quotes, quotations, things that have been well said that not only deserve to be repeated, but put inside quotation marks), which results in a sort of back-and-forth, between both sides of the aisle, equal representation of which I will now provide via a mere sampling, cross-training, of the main points and counter-points of doing due diligence...

"Haste not, want not...Make haste, no time to waste..."                                                                       "Steady as she goes...Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"                                                                     "The devil's in the details...We have to pass this bill so you can find out what's in it..."                            "Think long and hard...final answer?" "I've told you (all I intend to, enough to keep you coming back)"   "Take copious notes, get it all down..."I'm recording this lecture, going digital, saving trees, time..."       "Measure twice, cut once...I cut it and re-measured three times and it was still too short😕..."                "A fool and his money...I'm going for broke!"                                                                                               "You're over-drawn...Well, give me some (more) credit, would ya"...please...?"                                       "Pre-caution-ary: The devil lays in wait...Devil be damned, dare devil, a real-life Evel Knievel!"         

"In balance": So, no matter the venue, setting, time, place, or person...from the classroom, to business, trans-actions...to the courtroom, to those courting trouble, taking a "dare", it's clear that, while "due diligence", taking care ahead of time, is pre-ferable and lauded as a good thing in our society, the 'pre-cautionary party' will have a "devil of a time" convincing, other-wise winning over those who are willing to "risk everything", (the 'derring-dos' among US) who bring to our attention those in history who have done so at their own expense, in order to save ours...

"One Way or the Other..." Or, another phrase bringing attention to a sort of "summary statement" prior to the "final verdict", after hearing both sides of the argument..."At the end of the day...all things considered..." What we, around here, in this place and time can all agree on, or at least find...

"You-niversally Appealing" There's something about the book, movie...Super Bowl ad...that touches the human spirit, evokes human emotion, stirs us, both You and Me, to action (especially about that time of year)...

"Just Due It!"

Speaking of Over-due: Re: be-hold-ing...coming soon, re-turning...won't you?





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