THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER<br>I once began a list of the contradictory notions I hold:<br>Look before you leap.<br>He who hesitates is lost.<br>Two heads are better than one.<br>If you want something done right, do it yourself.<br>Nothing ventured, nothing gained.<br>Better safe than sorry.<br>Out of sight, out of mind.<br>Absence makes the heart grow fonder.<br>You can't tell a book by its cover.<br>Clothes make the man.<br>Many hands make light work.<br>Too many cooks spoil the broth.<br>You can't teach an old dog new tricks.<br>It's never too late to learn.<br>Never sweat the small stuff.<br>God is in the details.<br>And so on. The list goes on forever. Once I got so caught up in this kind of thinking that I wore two buttons on my smock when I was teaching art. One said, "Trust me, I'm a teacher." The other replied, "Question Authority."<br>[signature]<br>Fulghum