Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
My unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism or ageism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: __s this person in between me and what I want to do? If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you__e in charge, don__ hire the people who were jerky to you. If the answer is yes, you have a more difficult road ahead of you. I suggest you model your strategy after the old Sesame Street film piece, "Over! Under! Through!_ (If you__e under forty, you might not remember this film. It taught the concepts of, __ver,_ and __nder,_ and __hrough_ by filming toddlers crawling around an abandoned construction site. They don__ show it anymore because someone has since realized that__ nuts.) If your boss is a jerk, try to find someone above or around your boss who is not a jerk. If you__e lucky, your workplace will have a neutral proving ground- like the rifle range or a car sales total board of the SNL read-through. If so, focus on that. Again, don__ waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions. Go __ver! Under! Through!_ and opinions will change organically when you__e the boss. Or they won__. Who cares? Do your thing and don__ care if they like it.
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My unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism or ageism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: __s this person in between me and what I want to do? If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you__e in charge, don__ hire the people who were jerky to you. If the answer is yes, you have a more difficult road ahead of you. I suggest you model your strategy after the old Sesame Street film piece, "Over! Under! Through!_ (If you__e under forty, you might not remember this film. It taught the concepts of, __ver,_ and __nder,_ and __hrough_ by filming toddlers crawling around an abandoned construction site. They don__ show it anymore because someone has since realized that__ nuts.) If your boss is a jerk, try to find someone above or around your boss who is not a jerk. If you__e lucky, your workplace will have a neutral proving ground- like the rifle range or a car sales total board of the SNL read-through. If so, focus on that. Again, don__ waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions. Go __ver! Under! Through!_ and opinions will change organically when you__e the boss. Or they won__. Who cares? Do your thing and don__ care if they like it.
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