EY Global Chairman and CEO Mark Weinberger recently told 3000 of EY's best and brightest interns at the International Intern Leadership Conference: "You can't be different in different places. You have to be authentic. Be who you really are."

Be you. Unless you are hella pale, in which case you should aim to be John Boehner.

As far as the market is concerned, more than half of the company’s book value is bogus, due to overstated assets, understated liabilities, or some combination of the two. [