When there is something shameful in your past, do as Ira Einhorn did. Put it into a box in the closet and put a big lock on the closet. Then leave it behind and go away and pretend you aren’t even an American until they try you in absentia and extradite you back to serve your sentence after a lengthy and difficult period of international disagreement.Nobody will remember that you are an Earth Day founder, or source of any of their most cherished beliefs, and will actively discourage remembering the facts of the matter. Your legacy will be safe, even if you are personally shamed.Thinking about baseball works, too. You don’t have to control all the pennants. You just have to win the one of them.
When there is something shameful in your past, do as Ira Einhorn did. Put it into a box in the closet and put a big lock on the closet. Then leave it behind and go away and pretend you aren’t even an American until they try you in absentia and extradite you back to serve your sentence after a lengthy and difficult period of international disagreement.Nobody will remember that you are an Earth Day founder, or source of any of their most cherished beliefs, and will actively discourage remembering the facts of the matter. Your legacy will be safe, even if you are personally shamed.Thinking about baseball works, too. You don’t have to control all the pennants. You just have to win the one of them.