Saturday, February 20, 2010
Tiger Woods
It's funny how these days there's all the talk about Tiger Wood's public apology on BBC, and there's a similar problem I know of closer to home. Well, what I reckon is that people aren't intrinsically bad, but that people are just human. The fact that Humans make mistakes. I don't believe in the ideal role model. Everyone has an ugly side..it's just a matter of perspective. What you see is literally what you get. What you don't see is what you don't get...until you see it. I guess the important thing is to acknowledge your mistake and learn from it. BUT, there's a limit to how many mistakes you can make and be forgiven, because people can't be infinitely forgiving - they're human too.
Speaking of one's ugly side, these are what constitute my ugly side that I've come up with: too serious and uptight at times, insolent at times, miserly and picky at times, too proud to admit my mistakes or publicly acknowledge my ignorance at times and also petty at times. (I certainly hope that this list has been exhausted!) Note that "at times" accompanies each ugly trait of mine. Just to prove the point that people exhibit different traits at different times. Sometimes I find it pathetic and aversive how people tend to generalize and stereotype others, yet I'm guilty of doing that too at times. But I have learnt that this is a mechanism that we as humans are hard-wired to carry out. It's a way to simplify things; make information easier to process. So the key to preventing stereotyping really is to manage it.
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