If you’re expecting every person you work with to agree with your decisions or to like you along the way, it is highly likely you won’t get much done.
This doesn’t mean you can get away being a jerk for long. There’s a balance – too often though, we get caught up in our desire for affiliation. It is nice to be liked.
But that’s not the job.
The job is about getting the important things done. Ideally in a way that brings the people that matter along for the most part.
That in turn often means choosing to be the kind of person who is respected for sound judgment.
Everything else is gravy in the long run.
