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Admitting you’re an asshole is the first step.
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Many people are stuck in vile workplaces for financial reasons – they have no escape route to another job, at least to one that pays as well.
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Learning when and how to simply not give a damn isn’t the kind of advice you hear in most business books, but it can help you make the best of a lousy situation.
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Unwavering hope that all those hard-core jerks are going to be transformed into nice people is a recipe for one reliable disappointment after another.
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Passion is an overrated virtue in organizational life, and indifference is an underrated virtue.
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All this talk about passion, commitment, and identification with an organization is absolutely correct if you are in a good job and are treated with dignity and respect.
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If you can’t bring yourself to care about good colleagues, clients, and organizations, it is a sign that you need a break, to learn a new skill, or perhaps to move to a different job.
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Rigorous research confirms that the feeling of control – perceiving that you have the power to shape even small aspects of your fate – can have a huge impact on human well-being.
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…the feeling that one is in control can reduce feelings of hopelessness and helplessness.
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…negative and unkind people were seen as less likable but more intelligent, competent, and expert than those who expressed the same messages in kinder and gentler ways.
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