Divide and Conquer: Do Love and Business Mix?
The McCourt's in happier times. But, whatever you do, avoid a divorce like this one. People commonly misuse the phrase "divide and conquer." Often, they use it as "you go one way and I'll go another," where one of them goes off to one place and the other person goes separately to another, thereby, theoretically, getting more done. For the record, what this dangerously misunderstood idiom really means is: "let's divide our enemies (not ourselves) and conquer their smaller (and thus, weaker) forces." Coming from the Latin - divide et...
Published By: Justia - Tuesday, 14 February