This colleague should get the 'burn' award
When you find your colleague reading a book about the four types of human behaviour at a team lunch...
Let's get one thing straight, when it comes to work, let go of the notion that you will get along with everyone.
Not everyone is the same and that means at some point or the other, you may have a quarrel or difference in opinion.
And that is completely okay. In our books anyway.
Whether or not you are in a managerial position, it pays to make an effort to learn how to work better with your colleagues.
And, of course, with the plethora of books out there that help us understand human behaviour better, why shouldn't we take advantage of that?
But it's always important to read the room.
We know that some people can get consumed in a book and that's totally acceptable, but as we said earlier, read the room.
In a video shared on TikTok, we see a colleague reading Thomas Erikson's book, 'Surrounded by Idiots', while at a team lunch.
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The book helps the reader understand the four types of human behaviour, so, perhaps we can cut him some slack for wanting to learn more about people?
Watch the video below, courtesy of TikTok.
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It was definitely fun to read some of the comments:
Di Wil: "I had a book at my desk titled “Working with Difficult People.” My boss was offended. That was the goal."
PNW: "He's never been heard so loud and clear in his life until now."
Escobar: "On my first day at a job I found this book at the desk of the guy that left the position 😅"
chris: "It is a book and a statement…"
Image Courtesy of TikTok