Decency_Vs_Success

Decency Vs Success ‘Being loyal and honest really gets you nowhere these days,’ ponders Tom, reflecting on recent events. It was going to be a hectic week for Tom and his work partner and best friend Jim since their boss requested a new plan for a presentation that would “make or break” their careers. With only two days until the deadline Tom pulled an “all-niter” at his office. Jim should have helped, but he had a dinner date with his wife that he said he could not break. By three in the morning Tom felt extreme confidence in his creative new plan for the presentation and called it a night. With only three hours of sleep Tom went into work the next morning exhausted, yet excited to tell Jim his plan for their presentation. After hearing the idea Jim replied with only a simple, “Sounds good,” then went into his office. Later on that afternoon in a meeting Tom and Jim’s Boss stood up and applauded Jim on his new plan for the presentation (really Tom’s idea) and told Tom that he could learn a thing or two from his friend Jim. Although success ethics success, tom, money, jim, presentation, plan, people, advertising, themselves, ones, new, morals, make, executives, example, dollar, comes, because, work, values, understandable, two, three, thinking, think, television, since, shames, really, raised, pulled, parents, out, office, off