All Hat–No Land

In Texas, when a man does a bit too much bragging and can’t back it up they say he’s “All hat, no land.”

Here is an e-mail I received in my spam mail.

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It reminded me of the day that a friend of mine who is now a well respected all time best selling author and advisor to many and also a multi-millionaire bought him a PhD and he invited me to get my PhD from a questionable California University.  All it would cost me was a couple of thousand dollars and not one lick of work. I wouldn’t have to attend a single class nor would I have to make a trip to California.  My friend was running around using Doctor in front of his name and selling these diplomas by the cartload.  I passed.  You’d be stunned if I told you his name.  I won’t. National Speakers Assn. finally stepped in and if you claimed you had certain diplomats you had to prove it.

I have read that most people’s resumes contain some sort of lies in them.  It is as if no one is really satisfied with their real qualifications or accomplishments.  We all want to be a little better than we are but often we are not willing to pay the high price of accomplishment.