Motivational

Rule 38: Don’t swear

August 25, 2016

Lagos Society Lady and CEO, Gold Rush Jewelry, Madam Joko Oni

I
know we all do it. I know you think it’s
cool. I know we have to be modern and move with the times. But I’m sorry, swearing isn’t allowed. You can say what you want when you get home,
or in the car on your own. But at work don’t swear.

It’s a simple rule but it works because it is
a default setting – you don’t swear. Now
what decisions and choices do you have to make about that? Answer: None.
None whatsoever. It is your bottom
line. You don’t swear, so all the tricky
stuff has been taken away from you.

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But
if swearing is your default setting, you have so many decisions and choices to make;
I’m surprised you get any work done at all, For instance do you:

·
Swear
every time something goes wrong?

·
Swear
over the phone?

·
Swear
in front of the boss?

·
Swear
in front of customers?

·
Swear
at customers?

·
Limit
yourself to certain sear words and not use others?

·
Use
religious blasphemy as swear words?

·
Limit
yourself to mild swearing or go for the really offensive?

“YOU CAN
SAY WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU GET HOME, OR IN THE CAR ON YOUR OWN. BUT AT WORK YOU DON’T SWEAR”.

It’s
a mine field. It’s a nightmare. It really is so much easier to just not
bother. This isn’t a puritan dictate. It
is an efficiency dictate. It saves time and effort and having to think about it
if you simply don’t do it. No go away.

(Excerpts from THE
RULES OF WORK by Richard Templer Read “How to be a good listener” from The Rules tomorrow on Asabeafrika)

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