The 5 BIGGEST Lies About Life, Career and Job

Many people say you should work hard, respect the hierarchy, being able to wait and obey. Many rules are specially designed to keep the flock quite.

Here are five thoughts that have turned convictions during my personal and professional experience in the the last fifteen years.

Lie No .1: “No degree=no chance”

Fake: knowledge and culture are two very different things.

I learned much more aware of people and different cultures than browsing dusty textbooks. If the study is your way to increase awareness so good, otherwise it would be better to consider other ways.

Unfortunately, the conventional education has taken on the task to ratify, neutralize and flat all our personalities to hold the matrix safe.

Lie n.2: “What is good for your company is good for you”

Fake: Your role  within a company is justified by the gain involved for them

Lacking this assumption they would put few seconds to to fire you, no matter how many time you stole to your family because of job.

Lie No 3: “Customers are always right”

Fake:  work ennobles men just when it let him to grow and evolve.

With how many clients you can establish this kind of relationship? If a customer is’nt right try to make him understand. If he do’nt understand (or do’nt want to understand) thanks him and move on.

Lie No 4: “Career means climbing a hierarchical system”

False: higher you’ll get more you’ll dislike the boss over your head

The job organization within companies is based on competition between human resources, but the main aim of  competition is to prevent communication and collaboration between workers, that could turn the control by management really difficult.

Consider also that  once you’ll get the top floor you’ll gain also the worstest boss: the bank that loan the company.

Lie No 5: “Hold on…. your chance will arrive”

Fake: You, only you can determine whenever your time will comes.

Managers who say this pretend only to put you on hold forever. A lot of people die waiting for something to happen.

So, what’s your opinion about it?

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