Three Things Not to do at Work

Hey Friends, Monday makes me think about work... Ha ha ha! People talk about what to do at work, now because I am me, I talk about what not to do at work. No sugar-coated words coming here, I have been labelled a difficult person at work. And I am just going to talk about the things which I have faced in my work life and I follow truthfully.

• Don't take it from anyone:  If you are and inexperienced doesn't mean you can't say anything right. Taking it from your superiors is just not done when you have not done anything wrong. I believe that a true team leader will never do anything which makes you look wrong. Yes, they are humans and do lose it sometimes but that will never be public. I have been scolded (literally) n number of times for my mistakes, I took it with grace and learnt from it. I am ready to be scolded again and again for my mistakes. But, hello I will not agree to everything you say just because you are my boss or superior, prove it to me before you want me to agree. And if you try giving s***, I just know how to give it back to you (I am waiting with a catapult). It will not only make you visible to people around you, they will think twice before messing up with you.
• Don't say a Yes to please someone: It is good to be diplomatic, but just following "Boss is always right" will not take you anywhere. In colloquial and crude terms this is called buttering. Not that you will not make it through easily, you might but trust me all your colleagues hate you (I at least do it religiously, I can smell such people from distance). And yes to your surprise tomorrow one of your colleagues just might become your boss (worst case scenario) or your boss you have been greasing all this while is not with the company any more (very possible scenario). It becomes really difficult after a certain time because your boss would just look at you for support in almost all the wrong things and you are done if it is sc***ing your colleagues. Wow! I can't even imagine beyond this, OK stop!!
• Don't make people your stepping stone: This sounds really philosophical, but Karma is a bitch what goes definitely comes back (I agree every word). I'm not saying because I want to sound nice but in the long run it really doesn't help. You get too many enemies in the run which I don't think is a very good strategy, you would surely agree. I don't ask that you need to be best friends with anybody at work, it doesn't work like that for sure. But pulling someone down doesn't really put at a better place it is just a pseudo phase someone else who might be more cunning than you will do it the same. Instead of focusing on pulling people down, work towards two things one is pulling yourself up and not becoming one's stepping stone. It will keep you engaged and more alert (even you would not fight your conscience).

I wasn't so bad (feeling proud, grinning). The list is definitely not this small but good to start with. Will love to hear from you guys, open to hearing your feelings on this.