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Follow your passion, the money will come later
Worst advice.
Back in the day, my manager told me not to report sexual harassment from a colleague . Eventually I did when things escalated but I regretted not doing it sooner. I also regret not letting HR know my manager had discouraged me from coming forward. She should not have been in a leadership role
An early boss once said to me: half joke/half serious:
Sincerity is the secret to success.
Once you can fake that you’ve got it made!
Kind of a joke really. But I’ve thought of it over the years and have to admit faking sincerity has at times worked well for me.
“Focus on the work, not the politics” — politics matter whether we like it or not.
Over the years I’m slowly starting to hate the phrase, “It is what it is.” It feels like a throw away comment from someone is too lazy or doesn’t care about whatever the topic is.
Though I do agree with the sentiment of this is out of our control. Most of the time it just shuts the conversation down.
if it's any consolation, i was actually given the opposite advice from my higher ups to stand up for myself