- Get the deliverables right. If the other person exceeds what they were supposed to get, you let them know it in written word + charge for that. You do your philanthropy outside of your business. Not in it.
- Unfortunately, goodness is like rose. People like walking over it. Always remind people (you work with) of your goodness. It isn’t self praise. It is about knowing that business world is about it.
- Be the nicest person you know. But when someone is taking it for granted, put it out professionally.
- Take your work seriously. Not yourself as much.
- What people do to you is nothing about you. It is all about them. Beautiful and the not-so-beautiful.
- Sometimes you will be forced to taking some projects out of “being called the best person”. Remember: If it is a no in your intuition, it is a no. We will figure out the why later.
- Look at work partnership like partnership between two people. State each one’s deliverables. Even if the person you are working with, their deliverables are to give you feedback, let it out for them.
- If pressure is on you despite doing good work but out of ignorance of the person you are working with, communicate it out again, respectfully. There are no bounty points for becoming the sacrifice queen from the daily soaps.
- Do not, and I mean do not ever trust anyone who says “you are like my friend” or “you are like my younger sibling”. If you are an emotional fool like me, you would trust them. When they would not show up, it would ruin the professional trust as well.
- It requires effort to make anything work. Please put in that effort. And also, meditate for things to become easy. Your meditation will reduce effort, and things will become smooth and easy.
- Draw your boundaries loud and clear. And respect them before you expect anyone else to respect them.
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