RESPECT

This post is not so much informative as it is a discussion, for which I would love some feedback on.  While writing the conclusion for the research paper written earlier in the year (on a separate page on this blog), I ended with an open ended question of: why must there be a barrier of gender when each company has a common goal, common objectives and common reciprocating duties for all employees?

This is the question that keeps in the back of my mind constantly in so many situations. The structure of this question can go many ways: why do women seem to put each other down more and more when we are all fighting the same battle of equality? Why are people so hard on others when we all have made mistakes and know what that feels like? The questions could go on and on and the only thing that seems to be in common is that it all comes down to competition.

As a human race we are hard wired to be competitive, and why wouldn’t we? We are all competing for the next step up, the better job, bigger house, striking looks, acquisition of different skills and knowledge etc.  But my goal as a human being who has made mistakes, made gains and has huge aspirations is to treat every person I come across as an individual.  This means having an open heart and open mind.  The coolest thing about the world we all live in is that no one is the same, we are all different and we all have our own unique skill set that no one else possesses.  Therefore every person can add a little something to another life even if it is just a conversation.  If there’s one thing people take away from meeting and or learning from me I wish it would be compassion.   If we all opened our hearts and minds to compassion there would be more green grass on the other side of the fence with plenty of smiles to go along with it.  That being said I am very much a competitive person but I compete with myself more than anyone else and it has proved to make me better myself accordingly in every way.

So all you hard working, competitive employees and employers out there, if any at all are reading my blog, take what I say with a grain of salt and let it resonate with you for a while, for I promise if you let it sink in and really reflect on yourself and your actions you too could make a difference in the situations others are in for showing compassion and respect are equivalent to a thousand words. Respect is the name of the game and if we all had more of it for others, it is my strong belief that we, as a country, would not be in this predicament of inequality relating to half of our population in the workplace.  Start making a difference in any way. Just do it.