One of these days, it’d be nice to step into the shoes of a real-life choosing beggar. Before you judge me, hear me out. As someone with very little audacity, it would be a fulfilling experience just to walk in someone else’s shoes for a day and feel entitled to everything I wanted. I’m not…
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There’s a certain kind of satisfaction that comes with giving demanding customers a hard time, but there’s also the satisfaction that comes with giving them exactly what they asked for. It takes a specific kind of person to order food at a restaurant and immediately threaten the server before they’ve done anything wrong yet. It’s…
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Flexibility is a two-way street, as with anything in any relationship, with concessions made on either side—along with a sprinkling of trust and proven results—providing both parties with an improved situation and the heightened dedication to performance brought about by mutuality. Any organization that finds that its workers aren’t prepared to “go the extra mile”…
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When working on massive, expensive building projects, oftentimes, the office salesmen get a little too big for their britches because of the promise of a sweet commission check. In the heat of the moment, a greedy salesman might even throw out quotes and numbers that are vastly off-base in a desperate attempt to secure a…
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You might have heard from a wise person once that the golden rule of life is: “Don’t be a jerk.” Well, we agree with that person and is applies to many other life experiences. For example, flying. When you are going on a trip and have to fly, going to the airport can be stressful…
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Ask and you shall receive. When this company representative decided to make empty threats, I’m sure he thought it would make him look tough and professional. Instead, it backfired spectacularly on him. This malicious compliance story takes place at a small family-run company that specialized in trucking. This person knew that relationships with their clients…
DetailsYou might have heard from a wise person once that the golden rule of life is: “Don’t be a jerk.” Well, we agree with that person and is applies to many other life experiences. For example, flying. When you are going on a trip and have to fly, going to the airport can be stressful…
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