Indian confussion of being polite and being professional
I think in India there is big confussion between politeness and being professional. Being professional has very less to do with being polite. Infact being professional is far tougher then being polite and that is why people try to use politeness instead of being professional. You can be professional and non-polite and vise versa is also true. Both of them are good qualities, having both is complementary and everyone should try to learn both. So here is the confussion in India, if I am polite then I am professional and if I am not polite I am not being professional. Politeness is antonym of rude. I *think* Professionalism is antonym of being lausy. Let me give few examples If you are coming late in meeting and not informing that you will be late that is lousy and if you are coming late in meeting not appologying for that that is impolite. You cannot compensate not informing with an apology. If you are tell to your sub-ordinate that you will do something at night and no