2. Groupthinkers.....yeah, my stint in union bank is a clear example. I ran for dear career.

U try

woodcook: well it is kind of strange on the things we attached so much importance to. Now in every aspect of our lives we employed binary decisions: success/failure just to make us feel better. By the way who decides when one succeeds or not at work place on in their life.

It is strange that all the noise about success/failure who did what and who didn't boils down to waste of energy. Has anyone ever try to look at his/her life in light of that of the "ordinary" farmer in the village? Both the "ordinary" farmer and the successful CEO of blue chips companies are doing same thing; passing time and waiting for the ultimate end.

Its just like sitting in a lobby in the hospital waiting to be attended to, you see several people doing different things while they wait: some reading paper, some listening to music with their headset, some just with their thoughts etc At the end who can really say for such that either of those people as failed in an attempt to "utilize" their time while waiting to be attended to?

I personally think that we should stop spreading some self-serving "judgment" around just because if you really look at this the way they are without the worldly connotation attached to it, you would realize that in this battle called life, their is no victor!

There is a certain kind of fatalism that appeals to me. Just like some classical thinkers (including Sophocles, Schopenhauer,
and even King Solomon) pointed out, life is essentially meaningless if you really think about it. Notions of "success", "failure", "accomplishment", and "disappointment" are hopelessly empty at the end of the day.

Then again, what can we do? Having had the misfortune of coming into this world (not that I am anti-natalist), we are almost obligated to make a way for ourselves, and to find some sort of standard by which we measure the essence of our (meaningless) sojourn on earth. I guess that is all there is to it.

number 3 and 6 are on point. Nice one there.

Nice one

I met some group thinkers when I entered one unit then.
I had two options as the OP mentioned: to join them or beat them .

I had to beat them, it paid off .

Tor after u don write dis long tinz na wetin u want make we tell u

So, who are the ones that succeed then? Group thinkers don't succeed? If you are 'confident' but 'empty-brained', how exactly will such a person succeed? Well, seeing that you are also gullible copying and pasting everything you see on other sites (because na Forbes abi?), I don't expect you to provide an intelligible answer to the question.

It is a good read and simply written. Try reading it again
or read this. it also sum it up nicely

10 Personality Types in every Office. Which Are You?
1. The noise maker

This person is oblivious to how they are annoying everyone else around them. They make noise with their whistling, singing, incessant phone calls, chewing gums, music without head phones knuckle cracking and so on.

2. Workaholic:

They tend to be aggressive, volatile, ambitious, independent and rigid. They are always the first to get to work and the last to leave. The workaholic eats, sleeps and breathes work and looks down on co-workers who actually have a life.


3. The Chatterbox:

The entire office avoids this guy like the plague. As soon as they open their mouth, you know you’re going to be tortured in a 30minutes boring conversation. Whether anyone is listening, the Chatterbox just can’t keep their thoughts to themselves.

4. The Delegator:

This person constantly delegates work to other people and never really get anything done on their own.

5. The back stabbers:

This person pretends to be your friend just long enough to make it really hurt when they steal your ideas or badmouth you to the management. They creepily watch your every move, and turn your brilliant effort into theirs.

6. The passive aggressor:

Though not complaining that someone else isn’t working as much, this person can’t resist mentioning how late he or she stayed at work last night or commenting on their insane amount of work load.


7. The gossip:

This person lives for the next office scandal never caring to know if it’s true or not. They spend their day discussing other coworker’s unfortunate warning letter, salary differential, or who is dating who within the office. The Gossip spends their days listening in on conversations, dropping hints, and tarnishing reputations. The most dangerous part about the Gossip is that they are everywhere. No conversation is safe when the Gossip is within earshot

8. The overly ambitious intern:

They seemed great at first but have now become very annoying that you can’t wait to see them leave. They add to your department’s problems. You can’t wait to see them leave.

9. The email overloader:

This person overloads your inbox with unimportant messages. The email overloader does not consider how necessary the message is before cc -ing everyone in the office. You dread checking your emails knowing that you have to go true the routine of relieving your inbox of unimportant messages. Majority coming from the email overloader in the office.

10. The meeting scheduler:

This guy would like nothing more than having a meeting all day, every day, 365 days a year. It’s truly his favorite activity.

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otijah: Too much vocab, very hard to digest

They don't even succeed in anything they do in life because for you to become successful, you need to try new things, think outside the box, take risk, focus etc

There are an endless
amount of characters in the
workplace.
There’s the lady you find in the
break room, always on a diet and
commenting on your weight (God
help you if you are proportionate,
she will eat you alive). The guy who
shows off way too many baby
pictures of his not-that-cute-kid.
The girl who stays in her office with
the door shut, even during fire
drills. And the dreaded over-talker
who never gets the hint (which
might explain why that one girl
stays in her office).
We all play roles in our workplaces,
many of which are unique to only
our office. But there’s a standard
cast of characters as well. You can
find varieties of them anywhere you
go, but they all share the same skill
sets. They are the ones who will
succeed and the ones who will fail.
In lieu of filling you with fluffy “this
is what a successful person looks
like” talk, I thought I’d take the
opposite route. The following is a
list of people who stand out for all
the wrong reasons. Fair warning: If
you don’t know who this person is
at your office, it might be you.
1. The Gullible One.
If I’ve learned anything over the
years, it’s that you should never
believe everything a company says.
Don’t believe them when they say
they don’t expect layoffs (the mere
mention of that word suggests
they’re on the way). Don’t believe
that they’ve offered you the highest
salary they can. Don’t believe them
when they say they can’t negotiate
your raise. And definitely don’t
believe them when they say “this
year has been really bad, but next
year you’re going to get hooked up
on that promotion you want!”
When a boss, HR rep or recruiter (or
anyone playing a role in your career
and financial success) states
something that makes you tilt your
head to the side and think “huh…
that seems sketch,” don’t just
accept it.
As I’ve said before, the car dealer
will act like he can’t budge on a
number. But if you stand up and
start walking to the door he’ll
automatically find a discount for
you. Companies are in it for the
bottom line even when they’re
negotiating things with their
employees. They want to encourage
you to stick around while also
finding a way to save money. And it
saves them money to give you a
smaller raise, to skip a round of
promotions, to make you work
through Christmas. Don’t fall for it.
2. The Groupthinker.
Groupthink is a psychological
problem that runs rampant in
workplaces. Even more if you’ve got
a large population of “longtermers”
in a corporation. Groupthink is why
technology isn’t updated, why
policies are outdated, why there’s
no new blood (or ideas) on a team,
why you hear the sentence “you
can’t do that, that’s not how we’ve
always done it!”
It’s easy to spot these people,
especially if you’re new to a
company. They sit in clumps
together and they make bizarre
statements in meetings, they do the
same things every day and they
complain when their life is disrupted
by something (or someone) new.
If you fight against a mass of
groupthinkers, you run a high risk
of failure, persecution, derailment
and tons of frustration. But if you
engage and join them, you will
become silly and possibly
unmarketable for your next career
jump. Take your pick.
3. The Fearful One.
People do ridiculous things when
they’re scared. Just ask anyone
who’s died in a horror movie (I
mean, who drops the phone and
runs up the stairs?!).
Fearful people will cause you
serious amounts of trouble at work.
If they’re scared of getting fired,
they will find a way to point a finger
at you. If their project is failing, they
will suggest your role was to blame.
Drowning people will grab whatever
they can to keep their head above
water. Don’t stand too close and
become that object.
And don’t become the drowning
person. If you ever feel worried
about something at work, you sense
something bad coming your way or
you screw up big time, avoid the
fear by taking some action. Talk to
someone, your boss, your mentor or
a peer to get information that will
quell your fears. Or fess up and find
out immediately what repercussions
are headed your way for the screw-
up so you’re not worried about the
unknowns. Do whatever you need to
do in order to avoid becoming the
fearful one.
4. Apathetic Guy.
The other day, a friend of mine
posted a message on Facebook FB
+3.3% stating her frustration that
people keep calling her upcoming
maternity leave a “vacation.” She
mentioned a litany of things that
have to be done while you’re on
maternity leave (none of it sounded
remotely vacation’ish). She
referenced this because she felt
judged and persecuted for her
decision to take the time off.
Consider now the single person. If
you haven’t been in this demo for
awhile, you might not be aware of
this, but single people are also
victims of workplace apathy. I’ve
actually heard the sentence, “You
can stay late tonight to finish this,
right? I gotta get out of here and it’s
not like you’re going home to a
family.”
Everyone is dealing with something.
Everyone feels judged and
misunderstood every once in
awhile. And everyone feels the sting
from these moments. Show some
compassion even when you’re
having trouble putting yourself in
their shoes.
Don’t be the apathetic coworker.
The grass isn’t always greener, even
though it may appear so.
5. The Sore Loser.
Anytime you’re successful or
experience something great in life or
your career, I guarantee you that
someone somewhere will doubt that
you earned it the good ‘ol hard-
working way. That someone
somewhere is the sore loser.
A sore loser will think you got that
deal because you’ve got an
important last name. Or that you
were hired because your Mom sits
in the corner office. Or that you
simply got lucky (literally and
figuratively).
You can’t stop a sore loser from
thinking what they want and you
can’t convince them out of their
opinion. The only way to battle a
sore loser is to make sure they’re
not right (it might surprise some of
you ladies that yes, business can
indeed be conducted outside the
bedroom!).
Update: It’s been called to my
attention by several female readers
that the comment above was
offensive and diminishes the hard-
earned success of females in the
workplace. I realize now it was a
poor example and misrepresented
the very reason I have this column.
It wasn’t my goal to suggest that
women are perpetuating a Mad
Men-era stereotype and that men
are absolved of their roles in these
scenarios. While it exists, this in
fact is NOT a common problem in
the workplace. I mentioned it as
merely a side note to emphasize the
importance in making sure “Sore
Losers” are not making accurate
accusations by carrying yourself
properly in the workplace.
Use your connections and your
network to get ahead, but do your
own dang work. Show results. Then
the sore losers will disappear one
by one.
6. Malicious Gossiper.
There’s harmless gossip and then
there’s malicious gossip. Harmless
gossip is…harmless. But you must
avoid the malicious gossiper
completely. In fact, put large
amounts of space between you and
this person.
Assume that since they’re willing to
share really bad information with
you, they’re sharing it with other
people. They’re kind of like the flu.
If you run across a malicious
gossiper and they start talking,
whatever you do, don’t agree with
them. Because the next thing you
know, your sentence of “Oh, I agree
with you – I bet she totally slept
with that guy to get that job” will be
shortened to “So and so just told
me that so and so slept with so and
so!” And voila, you’re screwed.
7. The Apologizer.
I recently attended an event where
several startups were invited to
pitch. One woman stood up to sell
her idea to a room undoubtedly full
of millions, a big opportunity for a
small company. She looked sharp
and ready. But then she opened
with, “Don’t worry, this isn’t a
crappy website that does blah…”
Well shoot. For the remainder of her
presentation, I assumed her website
was crappy.
The Apologizer will discredit
themselves as soon as they open
their mouth. They will start a
presentation with qualifying
statements like the one above or
they will ask for a raise by saying, “I
know we don’t have a lot of money,
but…” They lose these deals
because they show a massive lack
of confidence in the statement,
regardless of topic.
You don’t necessarily have to avoid
this person. Just don’t be this
person. The company pays you a
salary because they think you’re
worth it. You have every right to be
in the room and to be having that
conversation right then. Why act
like you don’t belong there?
Repeat the following statement as
many times as you need to before
you have an important conversation
or make a presentation: Be
confident, not cocky.
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you are are certainly not a business man .