What are the unspoken rules and employment risks in the workplace and how to avoid them

The first must have a circle. No matter how to do is to draw a circle: do not join a circle, you become the enemy of all; join a circle, you become the enemy of another circle; join two circles, it is the same as not joining the circle. Only the lone elite can avoid circles altogether -- such people usually have only one circle, in which the boss stands alone.

The second must strive to be second place. The place is proportional to the number of people who help you - if it is the first place, it will be the second place for lack of help; and the second place is always the position of the one who has got the most help, and it has the disadvantage that it can never be the first place.

The third rule must be to understand the definition of duty. Duty is the work you have to do, but the law of office survival is that duty is everything but the work you have to do.

Rule number four must attend every meal. If you attend, your statements at the meal will become fluff; if you don't attend, your fluff will become statements at the meal.

The fifth rule must be to know the gossip theorem. Become close friends with more than one coworker, and all your faults and privacy will be publicized in the office; become close friends with less than one coworker, and everyone will be interested in your faults and privacy.

The sixth rule must be to understand that overtime is an art. If you do things during office hours, you will be considered not hardworking enough because you didn't work overtime; if you don't do things during office hours, you will be considered inefficient and have to work overtime.

The seventh must be skilled in accepting criticism. In the face of the boss's judgment, that you are not right, you lack the ability to recognize the problem; that you are wrong, you do not have the ability to solve the problem - the best way to accept the error is to avoid talking about the error. The last rule, not allowed to talk to the boss about justice.

The eighth rule is to understand the meaning of the term "hard to get confused". The confusion makes you be seen as not having an opinion, and the lack of confusion makes you be seen as difficult to get along with - "difficult to get confused" lies in the timing of the confusion, and when to get confused depends on the extent to which you don't get confused. The ninth rule is to understand that collectivism is a choice. If you do not support the decision of the majority, the idea will not be adopted; if you support the decision of the majority, you will reduce the chances of promotion - capable people are always on the opposite side of the collective.

The tenth rule must be seniority. If you don't recognize your seniors, your seniors don't give you a chance for promotion; if you recognize your seniors, you don't have a chance for promotion until your seniors are promoted - the whole purpose of seniority is to prepare you for the day when you are in the front of the line.

The eleventh rule must forbid intellectual ranking. Geniuses should avoid offending mediocrities, although geniuses are bound to offend mediocrities - mediocrities always don't like to be around geniuses very much.

The twelfth rule must be to learn the art of non-negotiation. If a dispute of interest is resolved face to face it becomes insoluble; if it is not resolved face to face it is not really resolved. An ultimate principle is that a dispute of interest is never resolved. The thirteenth rule must be to understand the significance of the existence of a secret. If something becomes a secret, it exists for the purpose of being known; if a secret is known by all, you must say you do not know it; and by the same token, if a secret is said to be unknown by all, it may be inferred that it is known by all.

The fourteenth must be understood to be a kind of Tao. The Tao can be a Tao, but it is not a Tao; the name can be a name, but it is not a name. You cannot have a meeting without a speech, and a speech cannot have content. If your speech has content, it is better to choose not to speak - the purpose of a meeting is to find a way to solve a problem, and in most cases, that way is a meeting.

Rule 15 must keep marital status a secret. It is a comedy for a hidden marriage to talk about love in the office, and a tragedy for a single person to talk about love in the office. At best, married people get an office romance; at worst, unmarried people get an office marriage. Lastly, never hit on your boss's female secretary as a last resort.

The sixteenth must master more than one advanced language. Advanced language, including in Chinese mixed with a foreign language, in the angry scolding attached to flattery, in the expression of the principle of confidentiality at the same time to reveal the secrets of others, in the yellow paragraph in the expression of contractual intentions. High language skills are the next best thing; good timing is the next best thing. It is better to use high-level language but at the wrong time than to use low-level language but at the right time.

Rule 17 must make money management a part of daily life. When the supervisor is around, use the cell phone as a company phone; when the supervisor is not around, use the company phone as a private cell phone; borrow money from a colleague, don't lend money to a colleague; be the first one to foot the bill when strangers meet, and never foot the bill when you become an acquaintance. The last one, donate money never more than your superiors.

The eighteenth must understand the significance of attending training courses. The training course is not a relaxing spring trip, its purpose is to learn knowledge outside your job duties; as the knowledge learned is outside your job duties, the training course can be treated as a relaxing spring trip.

The nineteenth must learn to pose. If you are reliable but do not pose, most people think you are not reliable. If you're unreliable but pose often, everyone thinks you're reliable.

The twentieth must know the constructive surface article. Can do the meeting slides, can not be discussed in private; can write a report, can not be verbal instructions, if a thing you have completed, but did not hand in the plan, you are equal to not do; if a thing you did not go to do, but handed in the plan, you can be when it has been completed - after all, all the bosses who have learned business administration stubbornly believe that looking at the plan is his business, the implementation is the following things.

The twenty-first rule must be to share individual success with the collective. All people are candles - to light themselves and illuminate others, if you only light yourself, your future will be dark; if you only light others, you will become ashes.

Rule number twenty-two is to follow the rules. To be a rule-follower, follow the obvious rules; to be perceived as a rule-follower, follow the unspoken rules. Apparent rules and subtle rules are often opposite, so when the two are in conflict, it is the highest principle to say according to the apparent rules and do according to the subtle rules.