CEO syndrome

     Few of us will ever reap the rewards of being actual CEOs - sky-high income, jet-setting lifestyle, prestige. 

     Nevertheless, an alarmingly high proportion of us chose to take on the air of dysfunctional CEOs - harried busy behavior, doing a poor superficial job of projects we've committed to, obsessive cell phone use - an overall lack of caring, balance, focus, priorities, quality of life. 

     "I'm busier than you" and it's variants are common pleas for respect. However, when people we depend on repeatedly fail to deliver, CEO-type excuses become difficult to tolerate.

     We depend on each other completely to do our assigned tasks very well, with great integrity. Civilization depends entirely on each person's civility - like an animal depends on the healthy function of each cell in its body. ALL of us need to fulfill our responsibilities to each other - to life.
     This includes even the smallest aspects of our lives - like throwing trash INTO - instead of beside - the garbage pail, even though there are cleaners for public washrooms. We each OWE civility towards others who use the washroom, as well as the cleaning staff. How we behave, especially when no one can see, accurately reflects our self-esteem - to upgrade the latter, upgrade the former!

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