Backstabbing!! How will you feel when someone dear to you does it?
In our childhood, we read Shakespeare’s play on Julius Cesar. His friend Brutas betrays him and kills him by backstabbing. It keeps happening in our day to day life also. But we ignore it. We have been taught to forgive. Forgiveness is good, but many times things go beyond that. Then, people are also pathologically psychotic to keep on doing that. Many people wear masks before they ascend to a higher position. Once they solidify their grip on the system, they show their true face.
In an office setting, it is a common affair. Many people rejoice when someone they know goes up and become his cheer leaders. The wolves show their fangs eventually. It is in their nature to be predatory. Until you also rise up, you will be a sheep to them. People will not let you up because they like you at the bottom.
Now, being a sheep, you should keep telling your weaknesses to everyone. We have the habit of consulting everyone. But after a certain age, one needs to ditch this habit. It rather damages than helps. Why do you need to get things assessed by others all the time? One needs to develop their own understanding of the things that matter the most to them. Once you discuss sticky affairs where you may get stuck, should they be kept hidden from prying eyes?
Once you keep asking about the things, people get suspicious, and they preempt the things so that they do not get into a sticky situation. Once you keep everything in plain sight, there is every possibility of getting the shortcomings ignored because people are not aware. You have to control your nerves and the urge to open your mouth all the time. Even if you get caught, by the time they understand, you will be out or get others also to mud. They have to get you out, also, because they are also in it now.
