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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 173. The proverb today is why keep a dog
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and bark yourself. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here.If someone says why
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keep a dog and bark yourself or don't keep a dog and bark yourself. So you
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could say it either way. It means why or why are you doing the work that you
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already paid someone else to do or that you hired someone else to do ? Why are you
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doing that work ? That's for that person that you hired. Okay. Let's continue. The
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proverb dates back until at least the 1500's . So you know, we're going back 400 or
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500 years and one of the earliest known cittings is from Brian Melbancks in
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one of his novels and here's the quote and you will notice that there are you
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know some words were spelled differently back in the 1500s. So if you see
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some words spelled differently here, just realize this was probably like Middle
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English. "It's a small reason you should keep a dog and bark yourself." So that was
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the original quote that it came from. Or at least that we know of. That's the
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earliest citting that we know of. All right. And we have two examples here. And the
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first one of course here this is an a/b. So Jennifer has a maid but she is too
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embarrassed for anyone to see her house messy. So she actually cleans up before
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the maid comes over. Or at least partially cleans up. And of course B says
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here. You must be kidding. Don't keep a dog and bark yourself. So that's again a
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perfect example of this. Or number two. In business manager training class or
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classes , they want you to learn how to distribute the work to one's staff. But
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they stress, you shouldn't be using your time on less important work. And they
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might you know, say this line as well. They warn. Why keep a dog and bark
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yourself. So that's what you hired those people for.
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You hired them to help you. So distribute that work, so that you have time for more
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important matters or more important managing. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I
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hope was clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.