You may be told to be ruthless. To go after other people in order to achieve your goals. To cut them down. To avoid collaboration and partnerships. To be selfish. To do whatever it takes to get the job done. To forget everyone else because you’ve got a job to do and we need you to do it.
But you still have a choice.
You have a choice to push back against the culture.
You have a choice to find a better way.
You have a choice to seek partnerships and communication and to work with others towards a common good.
You have a choice to sacrifice the easy win.
You have a choice to take the path of honesty and empathy instead of the fastest from point a to point b.
I see this all the time. People not caring about others in their work because “that’s not my job.” But in my experience there comes a time when you’re going to need some help from one of those people but you won’t be able to cross the bridge to get their help because you’ll have burned it down.
Relationships not victories are the key to true success. But relationships take more work and more time and more risk to build. They take longer to blossom and for the benefits to come to fruition. But with the right amount of nurturing and communication and vulnerability they can last forever and bring more rewards than you can imagine.
So why would you choose otherwise?
