Don't Leap Into A Dribble Ditch Poem by John Sensele

Add smiles to your attitude
Subtract frowns from your words
Multiply acts, facts and pacts of gratitude
And you'll hobnob with nerds.

Add etiquette to your certificate
Subtract plagiarism from your assignments
Multiply humility in opportunities you select
And you'll minimize rejections and torments.

Add courtesy to your job application
Subtract arrogance from your circumstance
Multiply faith in your supplication
And you'll climb higher and distance sorrow from your stance.

Add consideration in your speech
Subtract malice from your plan
Multiply thinking lest you sink into a ditch
Antagonizing stakeholders, dreaming you've got victory won.