Editor’s Note: The following is New Jersey State Bar Association President John E. Keefe’s column from the February issue of New Jersey Lawyer. Members can access the full digital magazine at njsba.com.
The Value of Listening
As a student in grade school, I recall doing my homework while sitting on the floor of my dad’s study. My gaze often lifted from my books to the scene around me. Behind his desk was a simple sign that he never had to read to me, but the message was ever-present as I grew up:
‘Tis better to be silent and thought a fool
Than to speak and remove all doubt
