Scott Pelley Is Out. So What?

Scott Pelley thinks he’s important. He’s going to learn quickly that he is not.

Years ago a friend of mine in DC commented that he knew a lot of people who thought they were big shots, because while they were in important government jobs people treated them like big shots. It was nice to be so liked and admired.

Then when they left the important jobs, they didn’t feel nearly so liked and admired anymore. Turned out that what people liked and admired about them wasn’t their personal qualities, but the big shot jobs — or, more specifically, what they hoped the holder of those big shot jobs could do for them. No job, no big shot treatment.

He commented that it was hilarious how often people felt this way, especially since most of them had been dealing with other people in and out of big shot jobs for most of their careers.

Well, that’s Scott Pelley’s situation, but I don’t think he knows it yet.