Celebrities often use their charisma to highlight social or environmental movements. The prominent guitarist Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead rock band advocated for the preservation of the world’s rain forests, and he spoke with a mixture of candor, humility and sadness about his involvement. When asked why The Grateful Dead was participating in the environmental movement, Jerry Garcia responded, “Someone has to do something. It’s just incredibly pathetic it has to be us.” If not me — who? Allow me to tell you the story about Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody; and how each contributed to an important project. Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it, and Anyone could have done it, but in the end, Nobody always ended up with the task. When Nobody did it, Somebody was angry because it was Everybody’s job. But Everybody thought that Somebody would have done it instead. Now Nobody realized that Anybody could have done it. So consequently, Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done in the first place. Now these four were fun, active, busy people who struggled to accomplish things. You see, Everybody had good ideas, but Everybody thought Somebody would follow it through. However, Somebody thought Anybody would work on it. And Anybody thought Everybody should do it. So, Nobody ended up working on it ... AGAIN! The four worked at a firm with Someone Else and were saddened by his passing. Someone Else had been with the firm for many years and had contributed far more than his share. Whenever Anybody mentioned leadership, Letter from the Editor SOMEBODY ELSEBY STEVE KEISEL, UCLS PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR Imagine what we could do if everyone chose to do something instead of leaving it for someone else. UCLS Foresights 6
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