prasad1
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Closing your eyes to politics at office doesn’t make you any nicer than you already are! In fact it gives you an element of naivety and foolishness. The same goes for corruption or the many other evils that are an undesired part of everyday life. When dishonesty is rampant, inhabiting an island of honesty may give you a feeling of superiority, but it certainly doesn’t take your stakes any higher.
Rather than sitting in solitary moral splendor, be aware of the games being played around you. This gives you a fair chance of not falling prey to the same, or better still, an opportunity to outsmart the players around you! Yes, with this you become a player too, albeit a ‘nice’ one. The idea is not to partake in the nasty politicking, but at least to be aware of how it operates, and to avoid the traps it lays for you. Identify the quarters that target you or your work, and fortify your defenses against these. When you live in a sea of evil, it would be foolish to pretend that you can avoid getting wet. Short of actually participating in what goes against your grain, at least know enough to save yourself from drowning.
Smart people know how to push the right buttons. Just doing your work well and hoping for the fruits of labour to fall into your lap would be unrealistic in the environment we inhabit. In an age of uncertain ethics where anything goes in the name of success and celebrity, dharma and the concept of right and wrong are at best elusive and far-flung notions. There are no fair or right decisions anymore; it is more a pragmatic world where what works, works!
And truly the good and bad all live within us…our free choice determines the direction we wish to sway towards. The difference is that along with goodness, comes a responsibility for the evil too. You may be the epitome of goodness, but you still have to take responsibility for the bad around you.
Either do something to change it, or ensure you are equipped to fight it. Closing your eyes to evil is as good as accepting that it has a right to exist!
Blaming others for what befalls you — and in some cases the bad that hits you repeatedly– is not an option. It just perpetuates the problem. Losers never own up; winners take responsibility not just for what happens to them, but also for what happens in the world around! These are the ones who then have the gumption and the awareness to change the world!
Are nice people losers? - TOI Blogs
There has been an active thread about bad people getting ahead.
Rather than sitting in solitary moral splendor, be aware of the games being played around you. This gives you a fair chance of not falling prey to the same, or better still, an opportunity to outsmart the players around you! Yes, with this you become a player too, albeit a ‘nice’ one. The idea is not to partake in the nasty politicking, but at least to be aware of how it operates, and to avoid the traps it lays for you. Identify the quarters that target you or your work, and fortify your defenses against these. When you live in a sea of evil, it would be foolish to pretend that you can avoid getting wet. Short of actually participating in what goes against your grain, at least know enough to save yourself from drowning.
Smart people know how to push the right buttons. Just doing your work well and hoping for the fruits of labour to fall into your lap would be unrealistic in the environment we inhabit. In an age of uncertain ethics where anything goes in the name of success and celebrity, dharma and the concept of right and wrong are at best elusive and far-flung notions. There are no fair or right decisions anymore; it is more a pragmatic world where what works, works!
And truly the good and bad all live within us…our free choice determines the direction we wish to sway towards. The difference is that along with goodness, comes a responsibility for the evil too. You may be the epitome of goodness, but you still have to take responsibility for the bad around you.
Either do something to change it, or ensure you are equipped to fight it. Closing your eyes to evil is as good as accepting that it has a right to exist!
Blaming others for what befalls you — and in some cases the bad that hits you repeatedly– is not an option. It just perpetuates the problem. Losers never own up; winners take responsibility not just for what happens to them, but also for what happens in the world around! These are the ones who then have the gumption and the awareness to change the world!
Are nice people losers? - TOI Blogs
There has been an active thread about bad people getting ahead.
