tooting one's own horn

"In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman."
David M. Ogilvy

Well, doesn't this just make you want to stick your head in a oven?

I mean, I hope he's wrong. But I've been around long enough to know the drill, watching writers pass me by, saleswise, year after year after year, because they are shameless self-promoters. Why can't I have that kind of moxy? Why am I embarrassed to belly up to the bar?

Drat.

grace,

lisa