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Everyone must decide for himself what is professional and appropriate here. A test might be to imagine yourself delivering a tough performance review to your friend. Do you cringe at the thought? If so, don’t make friends at work. If your stomach remains unaffected, you are likely to be someone whose personal relationships will strengthen work relationships.
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
“The greatest good for the greatest number” means the longest good, because the majority of people affected is always yet to come. We can do little good for our dead, but immeasurable good—or harm—to our unborn. Accepting responsibility for the health of the whole planet, we are gradually realizing, also means responsibility for the whole future. The worst of destructive selfishness is not Me! but Me! Right now! The generous opposite could be phrased as All of us for all of time—presumably including nonhumans. Zen Buddhists define their task as “infinite gratitude for the past. Infinite service to the present. Infinite responsibility to the future.”
The Clock of the Long Now
Stewart Brand
You must always keep in mind the primary corollary of this law: people never do something just once. They might try to excuse themselves, to say they lost their heads in the moment, but you can be sure they will repeat whatever foolishness they did on another occasion, compelled by their character and habits.
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
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