When I meet people at work, without realizing it, I quickly size them up and decide whether they are what I consider “real” or have a political agenda. I know people with agendas are a weakness for me because I don’t enjoy that part of corporate America and I have never been good at “playing the game.” My perception is that they spend more time angling for positioning rather than getting work done. And if you focus more on work than what is going on around you, like I do, it’s easy to fall prey and get tangled up in their game.
