The, Rules of Work, 4th Edition

RULE 71

Act one step ahead

So, we’ve got you dressing one step up and talking one step up; now you have to act one step up. I know, I know, it’s all too much, too hard, too difficult. Who said this was going to be easy? Not me, pal, I told you right from the word go that this was going to be hard – harder in fact than just doing the job like normal people. Being a Rules Player takes more effort, requires more attention to detail and is generally more like hard work than hard work. But the results are fantastic. In fact, being a Rules Player automatic-ally qualifies you for promotion – if you can be a Rules Player you deserve to be promoted. It’s a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. Carrying out the Rules requires strength of character, willpower, ...