Chapter 10

I can’t stop scrutinising what people are thinking

F – Fear

The fear of what another person is thinking slips into our minds all the time, sometimes harmlessly, but sometimes with a knock-on effect that damages your chances of winning at work.

At its worst I’ve seen it create a level of procrastination that stops a person from taking any action at all. To wander from one action to another, with no real purpose or focus.

The 21st century is a world where there is literally a camera in every room. In our phones, laptops, our cars, at the end of our street, in our offices and every aspect of our lives. Thus people document, comment ...

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