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What does it mean?
People who treat the workplace as a battlefield show they don’t deserve it.
In plain terms
Treating work like a war shows they don’t earn it.
What can you take from it?
Approach work with cooperation, not conflict.

Where it applies

  • team projects
  • office politics

Putting it to work

  • fostering teamwork
  • avoiding aggression

Questions to consider

  • What does it mean to deserve a job?
  • How does conflict affect performance?

Another view

The statement is vague about what “deserve” means.

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