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JSt0rm

Lifer
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Life is expectations management.

Sometimes what OP says is the correct thing to do, because it can lead to people thinking they can expect more out of you which increases your value. Especially if it's a task that is a one-off, making it seem like it was easy increases your opportunity to face other such challenges.

But sometimes the OP is completely wrong. If what you are doing is a routine task then making it seem effortless is counter-productive because A. You won't get as much credit for doing that task in the future and B. You won't get as much leeway the next time you do it. For routine tasks it is best to hype up their difficulty and pad the books so to speak, so that way you get the maximum credit when you exceed these low expectations but you don't reset the bar for the next go round.

The hard truth about life is work people don't see you do you don't get credit for. There isn't some fairy godmother in life that makes it so all your hard work pays off, the whole "do hard work and you will be rewarded" bit exists to keep the masses in line. The real truth is "do hard work and your boss/leader see that and THEN you will be rewarded." Sometimes people who hide their process to look more amazing are actually not getting maximum value out of their efforts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHTawgyKWQ

Watch that.

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motsm

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No offense Naer, but I've heard some of your finished products. I think you could stand to take a few pointers along the way. Most everyone does.
 
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ultimatebob

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Please do not quote spammers.
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Out of all the posts that spammer could have used to promote his cooking website, why did they choose this old post?
 
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