Be Good out There.

Happy 4th of July everyone! I thought that on this long weekend celebrating my New Country National Day and ten days before my Home Country National Day, I would post about something different than my usual GTM posts.

 Good Things Happen To Good People. If you ever worked with me, you heard that phrase so many times that you are sick of it. I sincerely believe in it. BTW, the reverse is not true, Bad Things do not necessarily happen to Bad People, so this is not a moralizing post.

 What are Good People made of? Good People are not Nice People; Good People are individuals who have a set of values that respect, grow, help and change other people and organization. More importantly, there are no exceptions; they live every day and night by these values. They are not nice people. They are often seen as rough and direct, because change is hard, being nice and status quo is easier. For these people, again and again, good things happen. Good things are not necessarily higher, brighter things, they are things they desire as a sign of accomplishment, improvement and becoming a better human being. It may not happen on the day they are good, but it will happen, again and again, and always in a nice way. Trust me on that, I have seen it for 25 years and on all continents.

 Here is the catch, the moment they stop being good people, bad things happen to them, as a reminder that only good things happen to good people. I have seen it, and I have lived it. One day, I stopped being good, I stopped being faithful to some my values, and bad things happened. Well, they were not all that bad eventually, because they helped me become a Good People again and hopefully a Better one. Happy 4th and Happy 14th my friends. Be Good out there.