30th July 2012
"But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil."
Robert A. Heinlein
I wrote about being a good person and being an effective person.
Last evening I had a meeting of the parents of a school. The grievance of any parent today is that their children are not responsible. Today's parents have much more money than their parents and spend much more on their children. Today's children are lucky to have such loving parents which their parents did not have.
But, the irony is the fact that our parents were much more effective than we are with respect to children. They were not only good, but also effective. They also loved their children, but their children did not take advantage of their love. Our parents were more effective since they had more control. Effectiveness and control are inter-related. Without control you cannot be effective.
Being good is very important. It is a personality trait. You can be a good husband, good teacher, good parent, good businessman, good person, and good student. But, in order to be effective, you need to have certain skills such as communication, creativity, leadership. team building etc. Sometimes you need to have analytical skills, decision making skills etc.
A good person minus critical skills will be an ineffective person.
N C Sridharan
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