Word: armer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...death. Some flameouts simply sink into depression, others start to drink heavily. In any event, their work and their careers suffer. >The Climacteric Man. Executives in their late 40s or early 50s often begin to perform sloppily in jobs they did well for years. Boredom is one reason. Paul Armer, director of Stanford's computation center, explains another reason with his Paul Principle:* "Individuals often become incompetent at a level at which they once performed quite adequately." The executive may feel, rightly or wrongly, that he is undereducated, that he cannot keep up with the complexities of modern business...