RULE 1: Accept That People Are Annoying
Annoying people are everywhere. Colleagues, bosses, subordinates, CEOs, CFOs. People who work in legal and procurement, in classrooms, on worksites, in hospitals and in shops. And then there are those The Economist branded ‘the consiglieri of the corporate world’, management consultants, regarded by some as well-paid advisers and by others as exorbitantly-charging salesman. Annoying people cut across all work categories and all industries.
When you click with your workmates, there is no greater joy. The banter is good, the work quality high, and the after-work drinks entertaining. But when you do not,
