HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016 03-25 Friday Opinuendo: Elephants and hippos PIONEER PRESS 3/25/2016 St.Paul Pioneer Press
Elephants and hippos
Writing as a "New Guy" on the Maplewood City Council, Bryan Smith reflects in the city's
newsletter on life lessons involved in taking office. Among them: more elephants and fewer
hippos.
Picture it, he writes: "Elephants have huge ears and small mouths, while hippos have huge
mouths and small ears. I know I can tend to be more of a hippo — more apt to speak than
am to listen carefully."
Smith says he is doing his best to be "more of an elephant," slowing down to listen. "When
am successful, I find it serves me quite well," he writes.
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