“I'm not here to make ‘friends,’ I'm here to make a difference.”

I recently saw this tweet slither across my screen under the twitter #leadership list and it made me angry. Tweets don’t usually make me mad so I paid attention.

I’m all about making a difference in the world AND about honoring good friendships that help me make this happen. This quote poked me on both levels by implying that incivility is “ok” for a “good cause.” That pisses me off as a planetary citizen because I simply don’t believe that the ends justify the means. However, this wasn’t the only thing really bubbling under my frown. Going a little deeper I realized that this flippant excuse to be mean to people bothered me on another, much more subtle level, one that I’m sensitive to as a businesswoman, mom and friend.

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