Personal Notes 

By Your Behaviour We will KNOW you.

We often have the misfortune of witnessing extremely bad behaviour displayed by people who really ought to know better but who, it would appear, do not care about anything other than themselves and their selfish wants.

We have supposed leaders of countries who are prepared to destroy the lives of of the very people that they are supposed to lead, in order to satisfy their own greed.

We have supposed workers who, because of a grievance against their employer, are prepared to trash our towns and disrupt the lives of those they are supposed to serve.

We have supposed law enforcement officers who, because of a grievance against their employer, are prepared to break the laws that they are supposed to uphold and to engage in criminal acts against the very people that they are supposed to serve and protect.

We have supposed upholders and protectors of justice, people at the very pinnacle of our justice system who behave in a way that they would not tolerate from "normal citizens" and would in fact impose harsh penalties on those citizens if they behaved the same way.

These same people expect us to make allowances for their behaviour because of their position and the circumstances. These same people expect us to accept them as normal citizens and act as if everything is OK.

Well it is NOT OK! It is anything but OK! Nor will it ever be OK.

Who in their right mind would be prepared to support, or even condone, the acts of a dictator. And for those who do, remember this "You are judged by the company you keep"

Those employees who behaved so badly may, at the start of their grievance process, have had some support and sympathy from the general public but their behaviour made sure that any support and sympathy soon turned to anger and disgust.

Those who have been put into positions of trust and responsibility and then so callously broke that trust and acted so irresponsibly have ensured that there is very little, if any, respect for them amongst the public and there is certainly no trust. Why should they be respected? They have shown that they are totally disrespectful, untrustworthy and disrespectable.

My question to these people is this. "Would you tolerate this behaviour from your children?" If your answer is "no", then why do you think that it is OK for you to behave so atrociously and why should we accept it from you?

You might think that I am being harsh, that I am being unreasonable and you would be both right and wrong.

You are right because I am being harsh. It's time to call a spade a spade. It's time to stop making excuses for peoples bad behaviour. It's time to hold people accountable for their bad behaviour. It's time to let people know that such behaviour will not be tolerated. There are enough examples of what happens when countries are run by thugs. When the lawless are allowed free reign the law abiding suffer.

You are wrong, unless of course that you condone the behaviour that I have described. Is it unreasonable to expect people to treat others with respect and dignity? Is it unreasonable to ask that you keep your grievances with your employer off our streets? Is it unreasonable to ask that you keep your fight between yourself and your employer and that you leave us out of it?

However there is a deeper reason for this article than to rant and rave. The real reason for this article is to highlight just how important it is for you to control your behaviour, because by your behaviour we will know you. Your reputation is formed from way you behave. Your character is displayed by the way you behave and there is nothing that displays your real character, who you really are, as the way you behave in uncontrolled circumstances. Those people who behaved so badly will have a really hard job to convince anyone that they are really responsible, trustworthy and caring citizens. Their behaviour made it quite clear that they are not.

What we must realise that these people do not always behave this way, and I am quite sure that they mostly behave quite well. Unfortunately all of that is erased in one moment of madness. It can take a lifetime to build a reputation and just one moment to destroy it.

Now you an opportunity. You can either choose to hate or you can choose to be great. My philosophy is that if you can do nothing to fix the situation at least do nothing to make it worse. My belief however is that you can always do something to fix the situation, if not directly through intervention then indirectly through inspiration. And how do you inspire others? You inspire others by living your life as an example of the way others would like to live. You inspire others by being GREAT.

So the next 5 issues are going to show you HOW TO BE GREAT.

Remember your most valuable possession is your reputation. Guard it jealously. Control your behaviour because by your behaviour we will know you.

To control your behaviour just ask yourself this question. "Is this behaviour worthy of me. The me I really want to be?"

To live your best life be true to the YOU, that you want to be.

Live up to the reputation that you want to have.