Jenny’s Blog

The Wisdom of “The Office”

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 |

My husband and I religiously watch the office every week. When there isn’t a new episode on, we’re bummed, but we always love to watch the reruns anyway. Looking back, I’m realizing there is sometimes some wisdom to Michael’s often dim-witted character.

In starting a small business, I’ve come to realize that mistakes will always be made. It’s just a matter of how those mistakes are dealt with. People, for the most part, are good, but there are those that tend to look out only for themselves, sometimes at the expense of others. Whether this is on purpose, or just as a result of not thinking actions through depends on the person. I like to think people are generally good, however, and don’t try to screw others.

I recently watched an episode of The Office - the one when Dwight quit, and went to work for Staples. Michael realized he had been a jerk and made a mistake, and so he apologized to Dwight for that mistake, and searched him out to give him his job back. He went so far as to call himself a big man for doing so. I had to laugh - I’m sure it was hard for Michael’s character to apologize, yet he realized he had screwed up, and needed to fix it.

It takes a lot to apologize, however, it’s always important, especially when a large mistake is made that can impact a business or person or whatever. I think owning up to our mistakes is important, but what’s even more important is changing ourselves so we don’t repeat them, and doing what we can to fix what we did. That’s how we improve ourselves - by learning from those mistakes. Just like Michael Scott.

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