I try my best to avoid being a prima donna, and I believe I have succeeded in that. The dictionary defines a prima donna as “a vain or undisciplined person who finds it difficult to work under direction or as part of a team.” I think of them as know-it-alls who do not believe anyone is better than them. Of course, they exist everywhere in our business, but thank goodness I do not have to work with many of them, and I downright refuse to hire any of them. (For a few anecdotes on Nook’s run-ins with these loftier-than-thou types, check out the last page of the Feb. 2013 PLSN).
—From “LD-at-Large” by Nook Schoenfeld, PLSN, Feb. 2013, page 44
