RULE 37
Stand up for others
So, you’re all sitting round having coffee when the subject of young Adam comes up. Now we all know that Adam is a pain in the backside. He doesn’t pull his weight, skives off, steals the pens and paperclips, is rude to the security staff, always off-loads as much work onto others as possible, blames others for his mistakes and is generally obnoxious. So you all have a moan about him behind his back and get a lot of your anger about his behaviour off your chest. But you don’t. Oh, the others might but you won’t, not from now on. You are now a Rules Player and you stand up for others.
No matter how obnoxious young Adam is, you will always find something nice – and genuine – to say about him. That is your objective ...
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