It's a world of Hypocrites

Accept it or not, but we all have been hypocrites, (or are still being) be it in our personal lives or professional. And why not? Isn't that what's needed for a healthy social life? Regardless of the situation, many of us tend to speak in agreement with someone who's with you at that moment and realise later that we do not really find similarity with their views.

By saying this, I do not intend to encourage cowardice. But, is that right? You may think. Well, it can never be classified really. What may seem right for one person, may not be the same for another, so what's wrong if we change our mind and switch to another side? Better late than never, we try correcting ourselves with our best understanding of the current situation. Professionally speaking, it's probably the right thing to do. Diplomacy is the key to a conflict-free environment. It may so happen, that you tend to form an opinion on someone too fast and later realise it to be not entirely accurate or just false, but you still choose to maintain an equation with them. That's how you manage relations at workplace.

Although, this doesn't apply for personal relations. Whatever be the situation, you cannot simply escape with a diplomatic statement.  These matters need to be dealt with utmost sincerity and care. It's like a web that we have spun, with people we're close to. No matter how the wind tries to blow it away, it stays intact just like a spider web (being a metallurgist, I'd also like to enlighten you, if you didn't know already, that the tensile strength of a spider web is actually stronger than steel!) Getting back to the point, we give our 100% in keeping personal relations unaffected with any kind of sacrifices or adjustments from our side. We tend to be more forgiving, accepting and responsible in our personal relations.

Does it mean that we tend to flex our rules or mindsets when it comes to people we feel close to? Of course! that's the only time when you don't have to be pretending to like or do something you don't really wish to. Do you ever wonder why? Why is there such a dramatic change in our behavior and response to certain situations at workplace and family? Probably because we're constantly trying to fit ourselves into an ideal-someone who we have created in our minds from a long long time. Can't we all just ease it out, now?