Take It Easy

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

It used to be common for people to end a conversation with someone by saying, “Take it easy,” as though that should be what a person should aspire to do. It was a throwaway statement like answering the question, “How are you,” by saying, “Fine.” No thought went into the answer. It was a reply born of habit that yielded an encouragement to be average. When I think of average, the first synonym that comes…