Hiding in Plain Sight
As featured in Rick Reilly's column on ESPN.com, how could everybody have missed Jeremy Lin? Stanford, Cal? The Golden State Warriors? Houston? Heck, his high school team was in Palo Alto and won the state championship.
Might I suggest modesty. Don King, notorious boxing celebrity and promoter once opined: "I am the best promoter in the world, and I say that humbly." Dizzy Dean, once said, "It ain't braggin' if you can do it." Heck, I went to a high school game where James Harden's mom wore a jacket proclaiming, "James Harden's mom."
Likewise, go to the Yellow Pages and see how many lawyers advertise their greatness. And then there are the ones who emerge over time.
I once had a case against a Palm Springs lawyer known by professionals as the "Desert Fox." He was over 40 before he tried his first case, and he tried that one because no one else would try it for him. Seven figures later..... Sometimes it just takes awhile for greatness to emerge.
