Kindness is underrated. We could always use more of it. We tend to worship visionaries and creative people (like Steve Jobs and Pablo Picasso) and elevate them to the status of gods, even though they were often assholes (like Steve Jobs and Pablo Picasso). Stop praising the jerks. It reinforces bad behaviour (all the parents in the house know this).
When my wife and I had our own business (this was a loooooong time ago), we had a motto: only do business with nice people. It served us really well. We didn't get rich (a huge understatement!), but we did work on our terms, and by avoiding jerks (and turning down their business) we didn't get pushed around.
Just a few thoughts about something that, admittedly, deserves more than being printed on a t-shirt.
(Update: thanks for the post, Tina / Swiss Miss!)
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Great points you've made here. It's such a simple concept yet so difficult at the same time. Well done for not settling on working with jerks! I really agree with you in that it's so easy to worship visionaries and creative people. Why doesn't it come more naturally to worship the kind people?! Great thoughts and art today (as usual). I'll be walking around tomorrow wearing a virtual shirt reminding me: Be Kind.
Posted by: Stacey | December 03, 2012 at 03:20 PM
Rewind :)
Posted by: Vanessa, Take only Memories | December 04, 2012 at 04:40 AM
T-shirts are read by lots of people. The drawing above is definitely a more worthwhile message than some of what we see being spread around sometimes.
Visionaries can be kind too, however talent and a pleasing personality don't always go hand in hand.
By the way, thanks for sharing your drawings. Hope everyone sticks to the rules so you don't take away the privilege.
Posted by: Anya@qvc | December 18, 2012 at 02:11 PM