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Outsiders on the Inside

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Outsiders on the Inside

How to Create a Winning Career...Even When You Don't Fit In!

Career Press,

15 mins. de lectura
10 ideas fundamentales
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It’s all right to be an outsider – if you succeed. Learn how.

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Do you look different than your colleagues? Think differently? Act differently? You’re probably an outsider. Possibly you suffer for it. Maybe your co-workers disrespect you. It’s tough to have a good day at work. Perhaps you can’t change whatever makes you different – your skin color, your accent, your body type. And why should you? getAbstract recommends professional outsider David Couper’s book, which explains to all self-professed outsiders how to accept their own uniqueness. Couper says glory in who you are, and turn your otherness into an advantage. He teaches outsiders how to be satisfied at work, present themselves in new ways, get the jobs they want and move inside.

Summary

Don’t Fit In?

Are you a square peg in a round hole? A misfit with your colleagues? Whatever makes you unusual also may make you unhappy at work, particularly if your colleagues don’t accept you. You may hate your job, yet constantly worry you’re going to lose it. The five most common outsider traits, along with coping strategies to bridge the gaps you face at work, are:

  1. “Outsiders look different” – Looking different – skin color, gender, weight, and so on – affects your work satisfaction and status. Unusual-looking people do not get hired easily. Coping strategy: People conform at work. Blend in by dressing like your colleagues.
  2. “Outsiders sound different” – Those who speak differently learn that others find them odd. Some quit talking altogether, which leaves them even more on the outside. Coping strategy: Don’t be self-conscious; laugh with others at your special sound.
  3. “Outsiders act different” – Maybe you read on your breaks while everyone else gossips. You don’t mean to irritate your colleagues, but they get offended anyway. “An aggressive female executive might be called...

About the Author

Career coach David Couper is the co-author of 50 Activities for Developing People Skills and George Sees Stars.

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