In the leader’s desk were two letters from his predecessor. One day, when things got terribly bad, he took out one of the letters and read it. “Blame everything on me,” his predecessor had advised. The advice worked. By claiming that the current crisis was due to his predecessor, the Russian leader once again persuaded the masses of his greatness. But it didn’t last that long. A while later, crisis hit the Soviet Union again. Desperate, the leader opened up the second missive. It just said: “Sit down and write two letters.”
