The, Rules of Work, 4th Edition

RULE 39

Be cheerful and positive

If you go into work each morning with a positive vibe, it sets you up as the sort of person to whom stress, troubles and problems are but as water off a duck’s back. You thus get a reputation as being someone who is in control, smooth, relaxed, confident and very mature. And all for the sake of a few bars of ‘Moon River’, whistled as you make your way to your desk.

Be cheerful at all times. So it’s raining out there and it’s a dark and depressing winter’s afternoon. Business is slack, interest rates have just gone up again and the boss is in a foul mood and everyone’s keeping their heads down. It’s still no reason to lose your smile. So it’s a bad day, this too will pass and the sun will come back. Whatever your ...