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Posted by on Jan 29, 2012 in Weekend Post | 7 comments

Ted’s Completely Superfluous Disclaimer

Is anyone with me when I suggest that perhaps, just perhaps, we businesspeople can take ourselves a little too seriously sometimes? Here is the disclaimer I posted on an earlier blog, just to poke a little fun at lawyers and the “leaders” who kowtow to them. If you like it, maybe your company can adopt it as its own (though you might want to swap my name out for yours, for obvious reasons). It’s yours, gratis.

 All words, messages, endorsements, and bashing on this blog are solely the thoughts of Ted Coiné, private citizen, and are in no way to be construed as representing the opinion, official or otherwise, of any employers past, present, or future; of any clients past, present, or future; of any of Ted’s friends, employees, or associates past, present, or future; or even, heck, of Ted’s own family, not even his dogs.

Indeed, sometimes even Ted himself disagrees with the things he writes on this blog.

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Ted Coine (93 Posts)

Author | Speaker | Consultant Ted Coiné is one of the most influential business leaders on Twitter, with a following of over two hundred thousand and growing rapidly. He has been ranked by both Huffington Post and Forbes for his business leadership and social media influence. An inspirational speaker, Ted is author of Five-Star Customer Service and Spoil ’Em Rotten! Prior to writing his first book, Ted was founder and CEO of Coiné Language School, a B2B company he brought from his living room to a $10 million valuation in four years by focusing relentlessly on customer service. He is currently writing his third book, about how social media is transforming leadership and business in this exciting new century. Ted and his family live in Naples, Florida, where he is active in the tech startup scene.


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  • http://www.alankay.ca/ alankay1

    Disclaimers are good becasue it’s a law of the universe that that balance, 100% consistency and lack of alignment are perfectly human. Especially when we are trying to provide value to various audiences. My disclaimer would read, ‘Take these insights seriously, not literally. Use them in a way that works for you.’

    • tedcoine

      @alankay1 “Seriously, not literally!” I love it!! I wish the Bible came with a disclaimer like that.

    • tedcoine

      @alankay1 “Seriously, not literally!” I love it!! I wish some religious books came with a disclaimer like that.

  • Britany_Wallace

    Very nice, gentlemen. You have reached an all-time high on my list. I think if the entire world operated on the ASSUMPTION that we all carry disclaimers like this, the world would be a happier place. If you just assume someone has a policy like this, you would take much less personally from them than we do currently from personal exchanges. We would just assume everything said in an exchange would be a matter of opinion and we would know not to have the world resting on each comment. Glad you brought it up!

    • tedcoine

      @Britany_Wallace Thanks for the warm endorsement, Brittany! People take themselves too literally, don’t they?

      How about this: opt-in undisclaimers, where you explicitly signal that what you’re writing or saying DOES represent someone other than you? If you don’t see an undisclaimer (would that make it a “claimer?”), then you’d have to assume the person was speaking only for themselves.

  • BruceSallan1

    May I borrow that disclaimer? And, keep Ted’s name on it for everything I write?

  • https://anyaworksmart.com/ AnyaWorkSmart

    I know it’s been a while you posted it, still, Love it!
    Being able to look critically at yourself and disagree, being able to smile and sustain the right perspective of happenings no matter what, is nothing short of great mind.