Vampires at Work

I liked the book Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry enough to review it on Amazon. Psychologist Albert Bernstein writes that The following activities may have little to do with doing a good job but they WILL lead to advancement:

1. Bringing in new business.


2. Cutting costs.


3. Doing anything with people of higher rank.


4. Taking management's side on controversial issues.


5. Generating paper with your name on it (other than memos criticizing management)


6. Socializing.

Well, it's a bit cynical but it makes sense.