By Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing - Imagine you are applying for a highly competitive job, and someone says, “I can tell you how to be more competitive than 98 percent of the other applicants.” Would you be interested?... Let’s say he adds: “It’s not hard, but you may not like it.” Perhaps it’s something like wearing a coat and tie to your interview, and you hate wearing a coat and tie. I’m with you on that, but if you really want the job, wouldn’t you make that little extra effort? Or would you complain? “Why should I wear a coat and tie? Coats and ties are stupid! If they want a coat and tie, the heck with them.”