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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 57

Put things in perspective

When all is said and done, it is only a job. It ain’t your health, your love life, your family, your children, your life or your soul. If, by the way, it is any of these things then you really have gone badly wrong along the way.

Your job is just a job. Yes, I know you need the money etc., etc. But it is just a job and there are others.

Having a bad day at work shouldn’t cause you to:

  • lose sleep
  • go off your food
  • lose your sex drive
  • smoke more
  • drink more
  • take drugs
  • be more irritable
  • get depressed
  • get stressed.

But you’d be surprised how often these things are done by people because they have had a bad day. Yes, they may have had a whole series of bad days. But taken one by one, it is just a bad day. You have ...

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ISBN: 9781292088112