When office politics gets in your way

Office politics is the dynamics of gaining advantage, more often for power and, i'd say, financial advantage too, in a pool of co-workers. I say, it's more of the negative dynamics (as the term politics connotes -- Well who says politics is clean?).

Most often than not, it is the ill-mannered, rude and the trouble-maker who gets the highest chances of being the other party in the versus everyone case -- though it's not always a 'one-man versus the rest' game. Like politics, it could be a majority vs the minority. it could be the active vs the passive, the good ones vs the not-so-good ones, I would not say bad because, somehow, there's an angelic side of each one of us... (take it from my enneagram analysis. lol). but i always believe it is one's values that define which group one belongs -- in a clash of different characters and in a clash of differing principles.

Personality issues... promotion... financial advantage... power and control ... or just feeding one's pride -- somehow these are the common ones that create conflict in the workplace.

it could be a bossy boss (imagine how bossy could that be) who tramples on any one who gets in his way because he feels someone's interested in his position or he could just be someone who wants to feed his pride of being the boss. somehow power and too much pride breeds evil.

not to mention though that even if it's not for gaining advantage, there are just people who get in your nerves most of the time --it could be the uncourteous, self-centered, ill-tempered, greedy, annoying person who wants attention all the time -- and wants to have all. imagine how a nuisance could that be if you have an officemate oozing with all, i say, all of the above.... who can top that?

but then again, i always think it is our values that define our goals. and greed can sometimes eat up what we think is good. and there are always people who step on others to get what they want. but what matters, is how you live up to your morals, how intact are your values, and how you succeed not at the expense of others.

in the end, what goes around, comes around.