Don't even trust the stuff in this report! Pardon? Well, it might all be true; then again, it might not! It's up to you to decide. Let me explain myself.
Deep down, everybody has their own personal interests at heart. It's only human nature. Even when you get married, your spouse won't be doing it for your sake. On top of that, everybody sees things in a different light anyway - their experiences are viewed through their own personal "cognitive filter"; i.e. everybody is wired up differently according to his or her own genetics, upbringing, experiences, abilities, rationale and emotions.
Now that's quite a list of fairly hefty parameters and it is what makes everybody's perceptions different.
This means you can afford to take nothing at face value. The key is to absorb, assess and make your own decisions. You shouldn't take prescriptions. Do you think newspapers report what's good for the nation or stuff that will sell their papers? Will an insurance salesperson decline to sell you a policy because they truly believe it's not quite for you? Hardly.
You can't believe what they say. No one has your interests more at heart than you do. That's why you need to filter the world before letting it in.
So the next time your boss says something is really important, ask yourself for whom? Can you do a quick job on it and still keep him or her happy? When something is a rush job, is that really the case, or have they just not considered the options? Or are they just kneejerking? Or are they just trying to get you to work faster? Or is it down to their lack of organisation and planning and so their own responsibility to do it? Can you gain a favour out of doing it? And from a million other requests made to you during your tenure.
You may think this is being excessively cynical. And cynicism is often cited as being highly detrimental. But that usually comes form those who are trying to exploit you.
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