Accept stones from glass houses; avoid a downward spiral

In dysfunctional environments many might think they have answers. Answers often seem relatively apparent. Even whilst those prescribing the answers are not practicing that themselves; like the doctor telling us not to smoke, just before he goes for the cigarette break.

So it's easy to find the double standards think of one self as high and mighty for having identified that and then hastily ignore what was said. That the doctor smokes doesn't invalidate what he said about cigarettes though.

All we get is a downward spiral between all stakeholders - every iteration leading overall standards lower and lower. Before one knows it all the stakeholders in any given project; all knowing the dangers of smoking cigarettes and telling each other about it, and yet all themselves turn into chain smokers.

So I for one will start looking at the rocks thrown from those who reside in glass houses, or stone houses, in more or less the same way - on the merit of the rock that's just come crashing through the window.

[Photo by Thomas Hawk used under Creative Commons http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/5687171572/ ]