Earnestness in corporate sector, politics, social sector & the government !
Even when we worked in the government, the inner urge to somehow circumvent the government to do things, we believe to be right and fair, is quite strong. There are some who confront head on, and the system simply throws him out as anti-bodies. There are some who get frustrated, and then resign to go out a do things , avoiding the government. Many IAS and IPS officers can be quoted as examples. But there is a third categoty, who continued in the government, used their smartness, camouflaged the things they want to do to fall within the acceptable limits of the government's perception, and did achieve results. Earnestness was not abandoned. The major difference is in private business, there are fewer peer members to be convinced and the over bearing dictatorial owner boss- once convinced , the earnest man gets through his proposals. The spreadsheet works here. But in the government, the peer group as well as the multi- tiered hierarchy, finally headed by a different class of people...