During a conversation with a friend today, he mentioned that nice guys always finish last. He believed that in order to be #1, there is no room to be nice. I argued that people can be nice and still make it to the top. To challenge him, I found a perfect non-acedia example to counter his belief.
On Yahoo news, there was a story about a CEO out in Boston who was in an unpleasant situation of possibly issuing pink slips to his staff. Granted, the term CEO congers pictures of being #1 and is the ultimate pinnacle of power. Others might see the CEO as the person who had to battle his way to the top and is only out for himself. One could even add that he probably had to be not so nice to get to his position. Despite such descriptions, this Boston CEO did not even begin to fit this mold. In fact, he took a risk to ensure that his staff could keep their jobs while still being nice about it.
Now, I can hear my friend telling me that this is just one example and that there might not be a possibility of this happening again. I will concede those points to him; however, my friend can no longer say that nice guys always finish last. There is one guy who exists that was nice and did not finish last…
Until next time, may you always be nice...
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