James is a newly employed accountant at a company. For every new employee, there is a mentor for them, The job of the mentor is to guide them about the basic rules of company and also guide them in given tasks for a few months.
James's mentor is Kelvin who has 10 years experience in accounting field. Kelvin taught James a lot of new things and also is very helpful and kind. James feels very lucky to have him as a mentor.
One day, a colleague of James, Amy had an argument with Kelvin regarding certain company's account mistakes. James was sitting nearby when the argument took place. He overheard the whole argument.
Amy later on went around telling other workers about the argument that she is obviously unhappy about. All the other workers condemn Kelvin's attitude and also working ethics.
James is very confuse by all the negative comments done towards Kelvin because to him, Kelvin is a very good role model and also a good person. Why are there so many negative comments on him? It's something that he decided not to find out at last. He just decided not to care about all those negative comments and just continue to treat Kelvin as a friend. He feels no matter what other people said, is not important. What important is Kelvin treats him as a friend and is good to him. They went on to become close friends and helping each other when facing problem at work.
Moral of the story:
From this short story, we know that sometimes we treat everyone good and kind but there are always negative comments about us. The question frequently ask is why are there such comments? The reason being is that in this world, no matter how good and kind we are, it is impossible for the whole world to like us as a person. There are always people who hate or dislike us for who we are. We need to learn to accept these kind of people and just move on with our life. Continue to be who we are but at the same time never hate these people back. Put the situation on to yourself, I know you also will realise that sometimes you do dislike someone because of their attitude but that someone maybe a good friend of another person. Conclusion is, good and bad of a person is very very subjective and the answer will vary. If it's a scale of 1 to 10, you may give a person 9/10 but another friend of yours may give the person 2/10. Thus, it's pointless to compare. Just enjoy life and fill it with people that you feel are 'good' people. All smile to life.
Humans are complex beings. A person having a great personality may not necessarily be a hardworking one. A hardworking person on the other hand may not necessarily produce quality work.
ReplyDeleteWhether a person is good or bad is not as subjective as you think it is based on your story. It's just that it is determined by the relationship you have with that person.
Example,Z may be angry at X for bad work but employee Y is good friends with X because X is a great friend. Z may know X is a good person but the bad work done by X may put Z in a difficult position and that may be the reason Z refuses to maintain a good relationship with X.
When it comes to such persons, its best to separate personal life from work. Be good friends but know it's hard to work together.
Well said. I agree. The situation of my short story was base on working life. There are always office politics no matter where we work. Thus, the message that I want to reach out is do not care too much about the office politics and just work with the people that you need to work with. There will always be argument in work but no point turning it into dislike or hate.
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