About Thinking About What People Think About Us at Work
There are times when we should concern ourselves about what people think about us at work, and times when we should not. Take the typical annual review for example. Many employers review their employees on a formal basis. If you've been through the review process, you may have experienced a complex of emotions ranging from eager, maybe nervous, anticipation to outright fear. My own experience with these has been mixed. Usually I've pretty much known what to expect, although I must say I've also been a bit surprised at times (good and bad). It makes some sense to be concerned with reviews at work. They might give us an idea how we're doing, a sense of whether we've got a bright future at a particular job, maybe even how much of a bonus we might get this year. So when it comes to reviews, it's a practical matter that we're concerned with what our reviewer thinks of us. But apart from these review situations, we need to be wary about caring to...