Her talent was not in gathering information but in analyzing and assessing, a meticulous organizer who plotted and planned with the cunning of a leopard.
Moms say it a lot. And for this reason, we grew up believing that we were truly outstanding and extraordinary-more talented and accomplished than our peers.
This restraint largely explains her lack of popular success during her lifetime, even if her talent did not go completely unrecognized by her eighteenth-century French contemporaries.
Facebook, therefore, is a self-enhancer's paradise, where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit, style, beauty, intellect and lifestyles.