Much, if not all, of what we are today is because of how we were brought up as a child. The way we maintain our personal hygiene, the way we behave towards our peers, (more importantly how we behave towards our subordinates), our moral values - virtually everything is a direct result of what our parents taught us.
Stories told to us when we were kids have a terrific impact on shaping our thinking. A child's education starts not from the day he starts school but from the day he is born. In fact, as Mahatma Gandhi said in his 'My Experiments With Truth’, a person learns more in the first five years of his life than he does in the remaining years he's alive.
One learns more from one's parents than one learns in school. And it is infinitely more valuable than bookish knowledge. It makes you who you are.
Not wanting to be judgmental, some of the habits and attitudes of people I've seen in my 6 years or so of professional career certainly leave a lot to be desired. I read somewhere the other day that seeing how one treats a waiter at a restaurant tells a hell of a lot about one's upbringing. That is so true. It is easy to treat your boss well. But can you give the same treatment to your subordinate - somebody who does not control your appraisal ?
Your true character is what you do when no one's looking.
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