“But this time” — Is a dangerous spiral

“But I guess this time — It is ok. You are not well and It is hard to manage her” — Rajesh

“No” — Renuka

It is easy to explain away the deviation from the principles during difficult circumstances.

“I will skip the code review this time because …”

“I will respond to customer late because …”

“I will push my agenda this time because …”

“I will pay bribe to get this done this time because …”

“I will test this later at this time because …”

The “cause” may be genuine.

The deviation may be warranted.

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But

Either you stand for a principle or you do not.

There is no “but this time”.

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It is OK to decide that you do not agree or stand for a principle.

It is NOT ok to have deviations once you decide to stand for it.

That leads to

• Inconsistency
• Illusion
• Lie

above all — “Broken trust”

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Originally published at dino.xyz/Recruiterbox