Rules to work by?

[drwex]

A while back there was a series of postings about peoples' rules or guidelines for life. I'm wondering if you have similarly pithy rules for the job you do.

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Avoid discussions of personal life while at work.

This is strongly dependent on the local culture of the workplace. In some workplaces, this is a very, very effective technique to isolate oneself.

This does, of course, become additionally complicated if one has a significantly non-standard lifestyle.

[drwex]

Having worked in environments like that I found that it was sufficient to be willing to participate in others' discussions of their personal lives. It's a form of misleading, since it tends to get them to think you're just like them - why else would you be willing to listen to their tales of bowling night or the kid's recital? - but isn't that the point.