Putting your pants on

One leg at a time.  This is the oft heard man made modern cliche.  At conferences and in self help guides some yuppie is always making a reference to this apparently common trait for males and in some cases females.

Hey that Sheryl Sandberg may be rich and famous but she too puts on her pants - one leg at a time. Well I think it is pure nonsense.

For starters some of the best minds in this universe never put on pants.  Think Aryabhatta or Ramanujan.  Not sure what Aryabhatta wore but historic texts on Ramanujan had him in a wrap around cloth below his waist most of the time.  When he went to England he was fooled into wearing the above mentioned pants but it was not his primary choice.

Ancient Greek philosophers from Socrates to Plato to Aristotle wore tunics.  Even the first marathon runner Pheidippides ran it with a simple flowing garb on.

Great warriors from Alexander to Genghis too wore skirts from all the pictures I have seen.  How they could ride horses with a skirt on is in and of itself a skill I cannot imagine.  Not to mention the heavy duty weaponry on the waist line.

There are many bogus words in our everyday language to make someone appear smart or profoundly insightful when in fact it is merely meaningless drivel designed to sell a book or a lecture.

There was a concept called 'Leaning In' for a while, then it was all about 'Exiting'.  Newsflash - a little building in Pisa, Italy has been doing it for eight centuries before it became fashionable to discuss it at fireside chats and corporate retreats while crack head exit ideas are a result of being brain dead during entry.  I can only imagine the fun they will have when they exit without a flotation device.