Work Relationships

Getting Others to Help You Succeed

Getting ahead in the world is a team effort. We all need mentors and people who will help us on the journey. But what will it take to attract the right people into our lives?

You've no doubt heard the old proverb about finding a love partner: to attract a wonderful person, you must become a wonderful person to whom that wonderful person would be attracted.

Everything successful between people is based upon giving.

It's like going fishing. If you want to catch a fish, you don't go down to the river and yell, "Okay, you fish jump up here in my net, now."

No, what you do is offer them something they want. Something they like. You give them worms, not because YOU like worms, but because THEY do.

 

FISH & FOLKS

If that works with fish, it'll work with mentors and co-workers. Of course you don't intend to pan-fry your co-workers. Your relationship with them will hopefully last a lot longer than your relationship with that fish.

This means you'd better offer them something with longer lasting value than "bait."....Read more »

Office Politics, Arguably the Most Painful Thing in Your Job

Written by Daniel Lee

I guess everyone when first graduated from the college or university feels very passionate about finding a job. They wanted to find a perfect job that offers them high salary, glamorous title and probably, as little workload as possible.

While I believe there’s existence for such job, many like the average Joe will actually stuck in a “normal” company. Well, it isn’t really that bad as the pay, benefits and work scope may also be quite reasonable.

However, put aside those tangible things that you can calculate, there’s a hidden risk that you have not considered when you’re looking for a job – Office Politics

If you do a mini survey among your friends – who have been working for years, you will soon discover how ugly Office Politics can sometimes be.

A friend of mine who has been in the corporate world for many years commented:....Read more »

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