Character in crisis or Crisis in character?

Character is not made in crisis, it is exhibited….is what I read on the front page of Times of India today. Siddhu paji is the one who said this in an article on him.

I think it holds so much truth. We are always told that our characters are made with every crisis that we face in life but then I feel that we actually exhibit the already imbibed or present character within us when we face a crisis.

As an account management person I think our roles in an advertising agency to a large extent has reduced down to being Crisis managers and nothing else. Everyday seems to be a crisis and I think our characters are not really built from those crisis situations because most of the times these are unwanted and unnecessary crisis situations and therefore cannot teach us anything. If we learnt then we wouldn’t have them everyday. Instead actually we fight the crisis by being what we are and how we fight it depends on what kind of a person we are.

Some of us give up, some of us find ways of working around it every time by hook or by crook and some of us want to find that permanent solution towards that final end. I feel ours is an extremely insecure industry maybe like many others because it is a people centric industry. Relationships are the key towards a good professional life here. Most people instead of concentrating on their strengths are worried about being pulled down due to their weaknesses. And that’s where begins the game of political run down in an organization.

I think we are a humongous set of talented people out here and we all can make a difference in our own special ways. Let’s all of us concentrate on putting all our strengths together and making an organization work wonders because of its people. Its not a very difficult job, its just testing your character for once in the right way for the right reason.

What say???