New Job, New Habits
Hi guys, Thanks to u/VasiliyZaitzev's CorporateLand posts I dominated a few interviews and had my choice of Jobs, now moving back to the city to start a new job in 2 weeks. Will see a lot of change and extra freedom, get out of some bad habits.
What have you learned in your experiences in this time of change, to establish yourself in a Male dominated office.
- Have recently switched from 5 to 4 days a week in the Gym, with improved energy as a result thereof.
- Diet will be tightened up. Bulking Season is over.
- Social life will be improved being closer to plates and friends.
What rp book/principles would you advise to read and work on ?
Posted Feb 18, 2016, 4:53 PM UTC
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http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/
Anything DT can be applied to office life really. Psychopaths are more likely to succeed, Machiavellianism is usually a win, and narcissism doesn't hurt in moderation.
I'd also recommend the Charisma Myth. Probably in the exact order of these 4. Gervais principle is paradigm altering but so dense so maybe that one last.
If you have issues small talking older women or whatever in the elevator consider Day Bang (seriously). I forget the concept, grandpa talk or whatever, is pretty eye opening.
Yeah old people talk. Daybang is pretty good but beyond the advice on chit-chatting it's not really applicable to the workplace, in that you should make small talk with everybody and forget about hitting on chicks. One nice thing about chatting with people at work is you already have a common interest to discuss; work.
I have been out of the middle aged woman office for a minute now but I found only the juniors really wanted to talk work. Everyone else wanted to gtfo. But the culture of that company was a joke and everyone just passed work off on to whomever they cold (typically women).
So my advice was to learn to just talk in the elevator about the weather or some other nonsense with these types.
the part of the gervais principle where he talks about the different languages is really enlightening. Cliff notes: Sociopaths speak powertalk using nuanced allusion; the clueless speak baby talk because they're idiots; losers speak normal english.