Question: Name the modern-day politicians who best exemplify the Seven Deadly Sins of greed, envy, gluttony, sloth, lust, pride, and anger. The last one is a group of people, not a politician.
Answer: Please record your answers, put them in your purse or wallet and save them for Part 2 of this series. If you get at least four correct, let me know and you win.

OK, so it’s well understood by many of us that we shouldn’t blame people for systemic errors and that today, given the state of the economy, we have some real systemic errors. So why would I blame myself—a person—for these problems? I think that I, or we, as a quality community, should begin to take much more ownership in the downfall of our economy, including the downfall of our mortgage companies, financial institutions, and automotive industry. If the quality industry and profession, as a whole, were doing a good job, we should have been much better prepared as a country in predicting and heading off a large portion of the economic mess we are currently in. The current state of the economy is one of low quality and we should shoulder some of the blame in allowing it to get to this point. I feel that I haven’t done enough to promote true quality ideals in all industries and facets of life and I would hope that many of you feel the same.

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