Back in 1982, and amid the proliferation of “Handbooks,” John and Porter Freund released The Official MBA Handbook. It was a tongue-in-cheek guide for MBAs eager to prosper, and my MBA father (presumably like many others) bought it for the laughs. I was too young at the time, but read it over and over again in my teen years. It was, and presumably is (I’ve just re-ordered it on Amazon) a blast.
One of the segments of the book was a questionnaire for MBAs to answer as a way of gauging how far along the path toward success they were. One question concerned the art on your walls, and if you had Leroy Neiman paintings, you automatically disqualified yourself. It was funny then and it’s funny to think about now. Arguably the mass appeal of Neiman’s art rendered it declasse.
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