RULE TO BREAK
The job comes first
If you come from the kind of background where most people have serious careers – and very possibly even if you don’t – there can be a load of pressure to get yourself stuck into a career that has ‘good prospects’ and a potentially high salary. Parents, teachers, friends, all of them can push you in this direction. And when you start on the first rungs of that ladder, your colleagues and managers will step the pressure up even more.
You’ll start to do well, and get regular promotions and salary raises. Of course you’ll have to put in long hours, and maybe work some weekends. There might be quite a bit of travelling too. The boss will call you in the evening or on a Sunday – but that’s OK because it makes you ...
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