Remember The Big "WHY?"
Office relationships are common in this day and age particularly in an industry in the country where I am located. When I worked for this well-known international company I was astonished that it was so widespread that the mid-level people treated it as common and acceptable. I was even told that they expect this guy to get this girl from that guy and vice-versa and the scarier part at times is when it all goes to a blur if one or more has a very messed up sexual orientation. (For topics about that very messed up part, I'll try to explain that on another day since these really mess up the whole order of only two sexes)
Anyway, the common employee unfortunately has the same mindset most of the time. They dream of this and that but it's rather shocking to see that a majority of them will just splurge on booze, smokes, vices and there's the shopping part largely augmented with credit card. As my favorite mentor Robert Kiyosaki mentioned in one of his books, these people, after being sunk into credit card debt then go to the office like the seven dwarves in Cinderella: "I owe, I owe, off to work I go". Idiots. I'm sorry, but it is best to be branded as such when making such a big mistake that could lead to a negatively major turning point in your lives. I went through the same ordeal but it wasn't my credit card, it was my mom's and was brought about by the need to buy expensive medicine at that time (which is justifiable compared to the ways how others use it).
Setting aside the bullshit of credit card debt, I want to focus again on office relationships (which is the tag for this post). I worked for 2 major companies and coincidentally, my direct team leads are the ones who really messed up big time. The first was a guy who had this affair with a female agent: his career failed because of the affair and the fact that he was so emotional about it which wrecked his hopes for a big-time promotion. The second was much sadder: man and woman each have a family of their own, they had an affair now the "have" became a "had"----they both lost their respective spouses only to break up after less than a year.
People, I know that we need camaraderie and harmony in the workplace. But I believe that these are items in a militaristic and professional sense. I say militaristic because business is the same as war. And we work for a business. We work primarily for money and for that amount to be saved or used for something really meaningful. Some items are investments, that's ok but remember not to be like the girl in "Confessions of a Shopaholic". But most of all, remember that the heart is easily fooled, that's why we have our brains on top of it. It's located in our head and we use it to think and control ourselves. The Workplace is specifically for work and to earn money, simply put. Remember to ask yourself when in doubt WHY you work and the reason WHY you chose to be there.
Anyway, the common employee unfortunately has the same mindset most of the time. They dream of this and that but it's rather shocking to see that a majority of them will just splurge on booze, smokes, vices and there's the shopping part largely augmented with credit card. As my favorite mentor Robert Kiyosaki mentioned in one of his books, these people, after being sunk into credit card debt then go to the office like the seven dwarves in Cinderella: "I owe, I owe, off to work I go". Idiots. I'm sorry, but it is best to be branded as such when making such a big mistake that could lead to a negatively major turning point in your lives. I went through the same ordeal but it wasn't my credit card, it was my mom's and was brought about by the need to buy expensive medicine at that time (which is justifiable compared to the ways how others use it).
Setting aside the bullshit of credit card debt, I want to focus again on office relationships (which is the tag for this post). I worked for 2 major companies and coincidentally, my direct team leads are the ones who really messed up big time. The first was a guy who had this affair with a female agent: his career failed because of the affair and the fact that he was so emotional about it which wrecked his hopes for a big-time promotion. The second was much sadder: man and woman each have a family of their own, they had an affair now the "have" became a "had"----they both lost their respective spouses only to break up after less than a year.
People, I know that we need camaraderie and harmony in the workplace. But I believe that these are items in a militaristic and professional sense. I say militaristic because business is the same as war. And we work for a business. We work primarily for money and for that amount to be saved or used for something really meaningful. Some items are investments, that's ok but remember not to be like the girl in "Confessions of a Shopaholic". But most of all, remember that the heart is easily fooled, that's why we have our brains on top of it. It's located in our head and we use it to think and control ourselves. The Workplace is specifically for work and to earn money, simply put. Remember to ask yourself when in doubt WHY you work and the reason WHY you chose to be there.
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