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"How to Pick the People You Work With"

Posted by Penelope Trunk: "Pick who you work with very carefully. Because you are likely to become like them. So the first thing is to know what's important to you about you - what you want to become. What you like about yourself. And then, surround yourself with people who match your aspirations for yourself.

Here are some ideas:

Choose people who are good-looking, but not better looking than you...

Choose women who are happy, but they shouldn't smile too easily...

Choose people who swear, but don't choose someone who's trashy...

Choose people you admire...

So choose your next job based on the people you'll be working with. You will learn the most on a job by having a great mentor looking after you, rather than a good job description preceding you. And you'll be happiest at work if you focus on having friends at work instead of looking for a boss who pays high salaries - those bosses don't understand what really matters.

The problem, of course, with choosing to work with people you admire is that you have to understand yourself enough to know, of all the traits you admire in people, what are the most important."