A new year often brings renewed aspiration. Back at the office, hallway talk is full of introspection and hope. Then enter the reality of office politics, the obtrusive corruption and the political climate and the notion of keeping one’s resolution begins to be contested.
As cynical minds dominate the conversations, the optimists begin to doubt the resolve of personal ambitions. Pretty soon the feeling cultivated by the common desire to be better is swallowed by the mass thinking of social and media events.