Never Burn those Bridges

Never burn bridges.

In a weak moment of rage it may seem the absolute truth to burn the bridge, to speak the unthinkable, to angrily summarise your colleagues’ failures / incompetencies as you see them.
But experience has taught me that there are more than one way of saying what you want to and not burning the bridge.

Always start on a positive note, say what you like about the person and then slowly ease in the direction you would like the colleague to take at work or whatever it is that you want him / her to perform.

Why should you do this? Simple, you and you alone are responsible for your future. But you really don’t know what it has in store for you. Who knows the same person whom you insulted could become your boss! Or if you are running your own business, he / she could be the decision maker on behalf of the customer!! Or worser still, while you are on a roadshow promoting your product, the journalist who needs to take the interview is that same person!!

There are many permutations of what your future holds for you, but are you willing to trade your future for that one moment of passionate outrage? That’s the question that you need to answer, I think I would not burn any bridges unless I really don’t want to cross that river ever in my life.