Ducks in a Row: Reasons
by Miki Saxon
Yesterday I commented that too often the last place bosses, and people in general, look for the cause of a problem is in the mirror.
Along with that proclivity of externalizing the source of difficulties, both great and small, is their belief that reasons excuse most anything.
Not excuses, oh, no, but reasons.
There’s a difference, you see.
Reasons make it OK.
As long as there’s a reason it doesn’t seem to matter much what “it” is.
Excuses, you see, seek to lesson blame/responsibility, while a reason explains/justifies “it.”
They may sound similar, but excuses admit something was wrong, whereas if there’s a reason then nothing really happened.
But at the end of the day, neither negates “it” or makes “it” acceptable.
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