In a room full of skeptical people, hard bitten journalists, querulous editors, and experienced people of all stripes used to hearing people tell them stories, not all of them true or exact or in order, what do you do?

Do you listen to what is said and think to yourself, these guys don’t have a clue, they don’t have a plan, they don’t have a way out? Do you give yourself some kind of award for realizing that early on, then take the award away for sticking around this long?