December 11, 2012

Duty To Others


"A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations.  People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation."

Bertrand Russell
19th century British philosopher

But since personal relations are important in business, how do you separate the two?

You don't.

Duties can be accomplished without "enduring" those you perform them for, patient resignation or not.

3 comments :

  1. I separate my personal and professional lives, what's wrong with that? My friends are not people I work with and vice versa. It all works out fine.

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  2. So you do but do you see others who manage to incorporate the two without problems?

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  3. Maybe a few but in the end you can't be friends and work together.

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