Getting Along!

I found this nice article from a site.. Read this about a female called Melissa:

A Lesson from Episode One of The Apprentice

by Donald J. Trump

It’s important to be a team player and to get along with your coworkers. It’s critical not to ruffle feathers by being negative and having an attitude.

In Melissa’s case, she was constantly bickering with her teammates, pointing out flaws in the way her team’s marketing was being handled, and badmouthing her project manager to anyone who would listen, including Carolyn. She seemed to make waves just for the attention it brought her. Melissa even admitted that she felt other women couldn’t work with her because they were intimidated by her beauty. (Being beautiful is normally not a bad thing in my world, but bragging about it being a liability makes it become an actual liability.)

In the end, nearly every one of her teammates singled her out in the boardroom for her disruptive, negative attitude even though perhaps their leader, Kristi, was the one who was at fault overall for losing the task. Melissa’s complaints and unconstructive input overshadowed any negative input on the project manager’s part.

In a way, I guess it sounds somewhat hypocritical for me to say that it’s important to be pleasant and a team player without an ego. If they’re negative or they bicker or don’t get along, then the company suffers and we all lose. People like that don’t last long. Sooner or later, they’ll hear, “You’re fired.”

After reading this article, the first person who came to my mind was my ex-roomie Ms.X who was very much like Melissa.. Ego can be so much harmful.. Just like Trump says that such people would soon hear “you’re fired”, even Ms.X had to leave the house since everyone hated her.. You cannot keep flaunting about what you think you have.. others must appreciate you for the qualities you really possess!! Since she knew cooking (as she used to cook while in India) and none of us knew (as we had never entered the kitchen back home), she would keep passing rude remarks and would keep boasting about it.. She would mock at others whenever they would try to cook.. Later she couldnt face me when I prepared something for the first time in my life and it had come out really well! Not just that! she had made assumptions about her beauty, brain and even voice..What was more surprising to hear was that, she had absolutely no friends in her undergraduation or school or anywhere..But still she never tried to figure out the reason for this.. Just like Melissa, she had assumed that others felt inferior to her and hence they would hate her.. god save her! What she didnt understand was that it was her ego and the negative attitude which she would portray in front of others that was acting against her.. Hope she gets rid of that ego before everyone in this world starts hating her.