Rush with good news – drag your feet with bad

My dad, Chubby, had an uncanny knack for condensing life savvy into short, memorable phrases that I now lovingly call Chubby Rules.

Brian with gifts. Always good news!

Chubby observed that the world (particularly the media) operates in reverse. So many people revel in listening to and spreading reports of mass shootings, scandal, infidelity, gossip, reputational ruin and the bad breaks/hard times of others. It seems to consume their life.

We have a television in the dining room at our law firm. When the televised news is normal or good, everyone eats and chats, barely noticing. When the news becomes bad, the chatter quiets as all eyes become glued to the screen.
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