In the short term, sometimes being bad can be very good. “Work hard, play fair, and you’ll get ahead,” they say. Um, sorry but there’s actually a lot of evidence that shows this just isn’t the case. People surveyed say effort is the number-one predictor of success, but research shows it’s actually one of the worst. Appearances seem to trump truth at the office. According to Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Jeffrey Pfeffer, managing what your boss thinks of you is far more important than actual hard work. A study shows that those who made a good impression got better performance
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