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Abhay's avatar

This reminds me of the popular good news / bad news jokes - they can be quite the rollercoaster! Here's one:

A woman was nervously waiting at the airport for her husband to return from his skydiving lesson. The pilot approached her: "I'm sorry, but there's been an accident. I have some bad news, some good news, some more bad news, and some more good news.

The bad news is your husband fell out of the plane. The good news is he had his parachute on. The bad news is he hit the ground before his chute could open. The good news is we hadn't taken off yet."

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M R Prasanna's avatar

Ha ha!! Indeed very funny and contextual too.

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Damandeep's avatar

It is often said and seldom practiced - praise in public scold in private…

Thanks for the share … being a leader whether in professional or personal life is a great responsibility!

Really liked the important aspect that you added - “ there are times when a person may have to live with a blend of honey and vinegar”

It’s not that one should not criticise at all, it’s the words used to criticise that matter!

The words, the tone- make or marr a relationship!

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M R Prasanna's avatar

Very well said!!

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Radhakrishna's avatar

When some married women prostate to elderly people they bless them by saying “ Dheerga Sumangali bhava”

The same thing could be told in a different way “ Munde aagabeda”

Though the meaning is the same what a difference one is positive and the other is negative

A parliamentarian in UK once said in the House of Commons that half of the people in this houae are donkeys. There was an uproar and members demanded that he apologise and withdraw the statement

He cooly apologised and agreed to withdraw and said that half the members in the house are not donkeys

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M R Prasanna's avatar

Good observation

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