Then later - in corporate life - the term "do gooder" also had some pretty negative connotations, as it implied a few other not-so-cool labels like "brown noser" and "suck up". Again, not the kind of recognition one goes looking for, unless of course you really were one, or had a thing for getting taunted. Once again, I shied away from both.
That said - it's now time to debunk, defuse and dismiss the bad rap on "do gooders". In fact, it's time to make "do gooder" what it should be: a good thing. In other words, it's cool to do good. It is. And it's not cool to taunt ... let alone give swirleys and/or wedgies ... to the do gooders. (Especially at the office; HR really frowns on that kind of thing.)
But seriously: you, me and the world needs more do gooders (sans the brown nosing and sucking up, of course). So let's turn that negative "do gooder" stigma upside down and inside out, and make do gooders ... do gooders.
After all, doing good, is doing good. And it's way better, than doing bad.
Do Badders Are Bad.
Do Gooders Are Good.
Posts
