Habits of Highly Overrated People (2013)
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Habits of Highly Overrated People (2013)
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#2Minutia is the definitely the bikeshedding holy grail of business theater.
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#3Why that is the matter ?
The problem is in bad project management, technical leading and outcome management instead.
Solve those issues first, and there will be no overrated people.
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#5Found myself simultaneously laughing and being horrified by identifying techniques used by people I've worked with.
The advice at the end is spot on.
It also turned out that the best way to appear generous was actually to be generous since false displays of generosity were usually discovered and resulted in ostracism
I'll help anyone out at work. I'll teach anyone anything I know. I will never throw someone else under the bus. I'll take credit with "we" and blame with "I".
I've been rewarded for this behavior at the places I've worked at.
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#6Minutia is the definitely the bikeshedding holy grail of business theater.
That's because getting lost in minutiae happens to nearly everyone, even most people who are competent and hard-working. Avoiding it is a skill not many are very good at.
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#7Found myself simultaneously laughing and being horrified by identifying techniques used by people I've worked with. The advice at the end is spot on. It also turned out that the best way to appear generous was actually to be generous since false displays of generosity were usually discovered and resulted in ostracism I'll help anyone out at work. I'll teach anyone anything I know. I will never throw someone else unde…
FWIW, have had the same experience.
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#8These articles come out with some regularity, and yet no one ever says, "Yep! That's totally me! I'm a non contributing zero but I've made a living at making others think I add to the team!" Everyone knows people like this, but no one is one.
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#9Minutia is the definitely the bikeshedding holy grail of business theater.
That's because getting lost in minutiae happens to nearly everyone, even most people who are competent and hard-working. Avoiding it is a skill not many are very good at.
The problem is there are times when minutiae is important. The skill is knowing when it is important and when it isn't.
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#10Found myself simultaneously laughing and being horrified by identifying techniques used by people I've worked with. The advice at the end is spot on. It also turned out that the best way to appear generous was actually to be generous since false displays of generosity were usually discovered and resulted in ostracism I'll help anyone out at work. I'll teach anyone anything I know. I will never throw someone else unde…
FWIW, have had the same experience.
Same. Long term vs short term.