Self Destruction: Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?
You’re Inappropriate at the Wrong Time
If you’re working a full time job, then it’s normal to have a few moments of levity during those 40 hours a week to keep you going. Everyone does, but when it’s time to buckle down at your office, but you still want to dissect the minutia of the Real Housewives of Atlanta (3 parts?!) reunion, even after your boss requests for you to stop, then you might as well just write your own pink slip, or build your own glass ceiling. No matter how cool a boss you have, he/she is still an authority figure. So when it comes time to either promote someone, or downsize, those moments of gaiety at the expense of doing work is going to come up in your boss’s mind, and that’s going to determine if you progress in your company or if you’re too much of a liability.
