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The, Rules of Work, 4th Edition
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The, Rules of Work, 4th Edition

by Richard Templar
October 2015
Beginner
295 pages
4h 22m
English
Pearson Education
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RULE 36

Don’t bitch

Yep, life ain’t fair. Sometimes colleagues shirk and you end up with extra work; bosses can be ill prepared for their jobs and as such are incompetent and often inconsistent; idiots get promoted all around you; there’s too much work to do; there are too many stupid systems in place; idiots thwart you at every turn. It’s true, life’s a bitch.

Now tell me how moaning helps in any one of these scenarios. Tell me how moaning will change one single thing. It won’t. It doesn’t. Moaning is a time wasting device invented by sad people who haven’t enough work to do. And they’re usually the ones standing next to the ones gossiping. They may even be the same ones – chances are they are. And when they’ve finished having a good moan, ...

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ISBN: 9781292088112