Know your role and shut your mouth!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker demands that someone accept their status and stop talking.
- In plain terms
- Accept your place and be quiet.
- What can you take from it?
- Respect hierarchy and silence when necessary.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is silence important?
- How do you define a role?
Another view
It can be seen as dismissive.
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