In a book I’m reading, the author relates a lesson taught by one of his teachers, who told him, “You can’t shut other people’s mouths.”I found this thought to be genius.It’s a simple, but profound statement.You can’t control what other people say. You physically can’t shut someone’s mouth. Sometimes you can’t even find the gumption to shut your own. How can you be expected to be in control of one completely outside yourself ?Good question. Still, it’s a truth: you can’t shut other people’s mouths. (No matter how much you wish you could.) You aren’t in control of the words ...