We always have people around us that we admire. Maybe their hustle, their charisma, their personality, their character. For me, that person was one of my uncles, was more of a family friend and a businessman. He seems to be doing well in his business. He owns a printing shop in my town. He always dresses well, a fashionable man. He laughs and makes you feel warm.
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He motivates me always when he sees me. One of his mantras was working hard and smart, staying sharp and never be caught off guard . That was what he kept preaching to me when he sees me. Sometimes I would run around in the shop trying to see if he can give some that I could use to buy something.
While I was in his shop, he kept telling me stories about how he was building his business and what he's planning to achieve in the future. I would say, in his business world, he's a king. He's also, he believes in his hustle and he wanted to be the best in his field and his career.
But something shocking happened one day. Something changed my mindset towards him. I was in the shop as usual, coming back from school. While I was in the shop, a young employee was maade a mistake in the work he was doing. I think he printed some batch of some invitation with the wrong date. This was a very huge error that cost so much. Although he wasted so much paper. He was new and was trying to learn. Barely a month to the shop.
My uncle was so angry in his face. And all of a sudden, due to the anger, he immediately told the employer that he's useless. He shouted and he sacked the guy and told him to leave the shop, that he don't want to see him close to him anywhere again. He didn’t pardon the guy or or ask him to never try it again and that is what got my attention and made me feel bad. was
What hit me the most is when he told the guy, people like him will never amount to anything. The guy left in shame at that point I elt very sorry, I couldn't believe this the uncle that I was looking up to who would preach to be good and encourage everyone to keep pushing. At that point I felt so bad.
This is man i've been looking up to always hd that was very bad why didn't give you that guy a second chance especially the younger i must try to degrade him like that we live in a country where we live in a country People will throw things at you.
I expected him to be a good model. Someone who motivates and not crush the spirit of others. So that time, at that moment, I just realized that it is not so good to idolize people completely. So we could be honest when things went wrong. So that moment shifted, started in me. I started questioning myself. It's not about the success of the person. It's not about how to treat people, especially when they always mess up.
That lack of kindness he displayed that day was what discouraged me from looking up to him that day. I thought he was a complete mentor. That lesson really hits me and I never knew he had such a character but I still learned so much from him, but I did not completely believe in him again.
Our heroes sometimes may fall, sometimes they are not perfect, they are humans too, those are role models. There are some women that pushes them to the world and they act contrary to their values that is why it's okay to build yourself also instead of depending on others, or liking others.
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