Don't Screw Yourself

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Sometimes in life you receive a piece of advice that just, for whatever reason, resonates and sticks with you for life. Years ago there was a piece of advice I received from a co-worker that was exactly like that. Don't screw yourself trying to screw somebody else. I have replaced the actual words for the sake of MyLot guidelines. But the advice is definitely good advice. We all, from time to time, run into someone who, for whatever reason, makes our life at work difficult. The thing is, it is best to simply concentrate on ourselves, and our own pursuits and goals, let the person who makes our life difficult seal their own fate, and not waste our energy on making THEIR life difficult, or trying to work to make them quit or get fired. There are times when such efforts can backfire, and what happens in the end is you get screwed rather than the other guy.