#184: Suspicious minds at work

How do you approach you job? Like a marriage or like a casual relationship?

The whole idea with marriage is that we willingly decline all other options. And we announce this decision in public so that everybody knows what our intentions are.

That’s how you are supposed to behave when you accept a job.

I know it’s a stretch to compare working a job to working a marriage, but in many ways they are similar. In both cases it takes two to party. More importantly, both parties must commit to work at it.

I have not met many people who decide to get married until something better comes along. But I have met many people who approach their jobs that way.

Don’t do that. Like marriage, you must put your all into your job. At least while you’re at work. If you don’t, others will notice.

And if they do, don’t blame your boss for having a suspicious mind.


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