5th
Things you should know…
I know them, but I still have trouble with them. I do get burn by them once in a while. That said, here are some rules of work / life. I may edit this post once in a while if I find something else that I need to learn or know.
This kind of list or post is some kind of popular on the Internet at the moment. I’m writing this for myself. You may find them interesting or not.
1 - Don’t f*ck with company equipments.
This means, don’t use company equipment for your own use. Don’t install anything, don’t go onto personal websites, don’t install software that might get you in trouble, you may think it won’t, but it can always be used against you. I personally know this.
Someone said to me, it’s not because you can that you should.
Get a nice intelligent cellphone, get a data plan, use it to get your email, use it to browse to some website that may or may not be in the company interest or approved. Don’t waste your time on your cellphone, but it can really be handy. Take a break from work, eat lunch alone and then you can use all that time on personal task.
2 - Wait at least a year to get fully involved with your new company perks.
You never know what can happen. 7 months isn’t long enough, take a full year to look a your options. Sometime, going back may cost a lot and may take time.I’ve tested this twice. Got almost in trouble twice, had to work hard to get back to a personal state once and lost some precious time the other time.
3 - Don’t use a company cellphone as your own.
This is true even if they don’t mind at the beginning or they tell you that you can. They can always change their mind. This happen to me once and it goes back to rule #1. Don’t use company equipment as your own.
4 - Not everything about yourself or about stuff from work is good to tell.
You never know how it will be interpreted and it may well be use against you. Take time to think everything through.
5 - People with who you work are not your friends.
Even if they seem to, you only need to be friendly in a work environment. Work people becomes friends when you see each other outside of work. Take time to evaluate the situation and find out if they are truly friends. (hard to do)
6 - People come and go in your life time.
I think we meet interesting people every day, we make friends and they are with you for a journey that can last from a simple week to years. Take whatever you need from those relation. They do the same with you. Don’t be mad if they go, you had a great time, that is all, savour this time.
7 - Don’t give too much time to people who suck your life out.
Once in a while we meet people that just plain suck your life and get you down. We don’t have enough time in our life to dedicate some to them. Let them go, it will always be better this way. One exception, family, you don’t chose them. Your only option is to see the problematic one only once in a while, that is as much as you can take.
8 - Don’t let uncontrollable sh*t get you down.
It’s uncontrollable, don’t waste your time with it. Concentrate your energy on the things you control, like getting out of this bad mojo. They say, it’s not how you got down, but how you get back up that’s important. Remember this bs quote! ;-) There is some truth to it.
9 - Follow your felling and don’t regret anything.
It’s not when you’re on your death bed that you’ll be able to do those things. Get out there, don’t look back! ;-) I had someone close who died. He told me that he never regretted any thing he’d done. That’s great! I wish I’ll be able to say the same.
10 - Don’t waste your health.
You only have one. Take care of it. That’s what I’ll be giving the most attention from now on. That’s probably the hardest thing.
