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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Blah, blah, blah... someone is an overachiever who wants to show the world how bright and perky she is.  Unfortunately, as many PPs have stated, you forgot to build relationships and accommodate your peers and office culture.  We got it, you went to all the right schools, wear the right clothes, and "speak the right speak."  Now pull this stick out...[/quote]

And this explains a lot about the productivity of govt agencies. Blend in, keep your head down, don't work too much...[/quote]

What? That doesn't follow at all.  The quoted passage says nothing about the productivity of gov't agencies.  The advice to build relationships with your peers is hardly saying to blend in and not work too much.[/quote]

Exactly. I don't care how smart you are or where you work, if you are a zero in emotional intelligence, you're not going to make it that far. Brains and energy gets you a lot of the way, but there just aren't that many roles for lone-wolf "technical expert" kinds of people. Success at higher levels means helping groups of people function. If you don't have the self-awareness to be effective in that role, you're going to max up...in government or in private industry.[/quote]

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