Doing Good
I am a personal and professional development consultant. I spend a lot of time developing training material to meet the needs of my clients.
For the past year I have been working with a network of about 10 other very talented consultants. Initially we shared office space and secretarial staff.
Recently (geologically) we have begun to share more. As each of us is considered to be particularly strong in our area of discipline we have begun to cross train each other in order to build upon our ability to serve our respective clients.
One training I provide is designed to emphasize how people process information in different and unique ways. It is designed for participants in leadership roles and near the end I admonish the leaders to “continue to do good.”
As I reviewed this concept one of the consultants a former teacher said,”Of course they can’t really do good.”
I immediately assumed this was a reference to the inherently flawed nature of man theory, and said something to that effect.
Whereupon the consultant replied, “No one can do good. You can do well. But, no one can do good. Good is an adjective. Well is an adverb. You mean continue to do well.”
About this time the conference broke up. And I changed the slide to reflect the correction.
But, you know, the more I thought about the nature of good, the more I felt that good is exactly what I want my clients to be able to do.
So, if you ever need me and I come to help you don’t be put of when my presentation encourages you to continue to do good.
good - morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good person.
Good is exactly what I want for you.