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Why I keep an inventory of workplace beastliness

Humiliations are common in the office and feeling vengeful is a natural way to repair wounded vanity. Psychotherapist Naomi Shragai warns that dividing the world into friends and enemies can be damaging.

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  • People often keep a mental Rolodex of those who have insulted them in the workplace.
  • Humiliations are common in the office and feeling vengeful is a natural way to repair wounded vanity.
  • Psychotherapist Naomi Shragai warns that dividing the world into friends and enemies can be damaging.
  • Some fantasize revenge but it's best to draw the line at obsession.
  • Karmic payback can be delivered by someone else they've crossed.
Why I keep an inventory of workplace beastliness
Holding a grudge is essential to surviving the humiliations of office life
Financial TimesMiranda Green

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