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Remember the parable of talents—the story of the three servants who had received talents, five, two and one respectively? When their master returned they all gave account of their stewardship. The first two had doubled their capital. Each of them said so in sixteen words and their work was pronounced, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' The third servant had accomplished absolutely nothing but his report took forty-three words, three times as long as each of the other two reports. Don’t be like servant number three. Make good! Don’t explain your failure! Do the thing you are expected to do! Then you won’t have to explain why you didn't, couldn’t, wouldn’t, or shouldn’t. Efficiency! That is the soul-satisfying joy of making good. Doing your work just a little better than anyone else gives you the margin of success. Making good required no explanation. Failure required forty-three words.

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About Lynn Fontanne

Lynn Fontanne

Lynn Fontanne

Lynn Fontanne (December 6, 1887 - July 30, 1983) was a British-born actress who was a major stage star in the United States for over 40 years, and who with her husband Alfred Lunt was part of the most acclaimed acting team in the history of the American theater.

She never relinquished her British citizenship, despite living in the U.S. for over 60 years. She and her husband shared a special Tony Award in 1970. She also won an Emmy award in 1965, and was a Kennedy Center honoree very late in life.

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