You get what you give, but what if your pockets are empty?
Buddy is my puppy. Everybody knows about him and his endeavours of, well, professional eating and that’s why I love him. Do I love him more than other dogs? Yes, I probably do because I have my favourite like everybody does. Will I trust him to be a guide dog and lead a blind man across a busy street? Not if I value the life of the blind man. My point being that everything in life is classified according to inherit potential and / or experience. Cuddly puppy that is cute, yes. Helping the blind? Nope. See in an instant I foresaw that he is not suited for helping in one area, but excels in another.
Before you read this and immediately think I am bashing the whole concept of Nepotism, hold on. Many businesses have thrived and still continue to till this day because of implementing somewhat nepotistic ways in their practice, but also have weighed both options in high regard. The CEO would believe in his heart that his family member is the best suited even though they have no experience whatsoever but the potential to become worthy with due diligence. On the other spectrum there might be experience but no potential, either way it is a choice that can only go two ways: perfect or car crash.
I believe that in all aspects we should ‘appoint’ or ‘accept’ the best suited candidate, regardless of colour, race, gender or family ties and when making a choice for either a job or even a life partner, clearly a case of either or, nothing more and nothing less. Where it becomes a ‘grey area’ is when people try to capitalise on having a certain person in a certain place at a certain time, that’s where you have to ask yourself “Is it worth cutting down the forest just to make sure we have paper to write on?”
Buddy will one day have to ‘compete’ for attention when we have more than one animal in the house but no matter, the job for professional cuddle buddy and fat dog has already been filled by him.
