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In reply to the discussion: I am not posting this for the purpose of getting either sympathy or suggestions. I just think [View all]moonscape
(4,673 posts)my father wrote me a moving letter that sadly got lost along the way. I won't forget its contents though.
He was a business executive and one of the most ethical people I ever knew or met. Okay, the most ethical.
He wrote about what I would experience and witness as I embarked on my business career, the shortcuts in ethics and morality that would appear to get people ahead. But he wanted to assure me that those gains would be on shaky ground and inevitably fail, and if that sticking to one's principles gets one ahead in the long run both professionally and most importantly personally.
I wish I had his eloquent words and was not left with only their message conveyed with more inadequate ones.
Have thought about that letter a lot the last years, last 4 in particular, and while it often seems they were wrong, the only option for personal preservation is to operate on the long view that they're accurate.