"I got really relaxed and complacent," he said.
Or, to phrase it less provocatively: is "complacent" really the word we're looking for here?
The really contented – the complacent – can persuade themselves that anyone without that satisfaction has simply made bad choices.
"You'd have to be anesthetized to be complacent, really, and not only because of economic circumstances," said Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster who lately has held focus groups of swing voters for an independent group working for Mr. Obama's re-election.
When Lutz, a former Marine fighter pilot, was hired last year with great fanfare, the question was: Can one person really change a sprawling and complacent $180 billion company with 363,000 employees?
When Lutz, a former Marine fighter pilot, was hired last year with great fanfare, the question was: Could one person really change a sprawling and complacent $180 billion company with 363,000 employees?
But you can also lose jobs by being too complacent when your competitors really start to move".
"We couldn't afford to be complacent because they are a really good pair," said Gilmour, who now heads to Basel for the European Women's Team Championships with Scotland's best players.
"So our role is not to become complacent and arrogant but to really listen.
"People can't be complacent as we still don't really know when the first rate rise will come - expectations ebb and flow," he adds.
