I’ve briefly alluded to my time in 12 step before. There are lots of maxims one picks up in 12 step programs. Many I embrace whole heartedly, many others I struggle with daily.
Maxim: Keep your side of the street clean.
Translation: Try to behave as best you can and when you screw up, clean it up.
I have no problem with this one. I am forever fixing mistakes. Eventually I’ll run out of mistakes to make right?
Maxim: It is none of your business what other people think of you.
Translation: Mind your own business even when it’s about you.
Fuck me. This one slays me all the time. I want to be a 100 dollar bill and adored by every one. Bah
Maxim: If you find yourself shot, did you hand the shooter a loaded gun.
Translation: People might do sucky things to you, but don’t help them do it.
I frequently find myself handing people loaded guns. I know I should get out, or stop, or something but I go along because I want every one to adore me. And then something nasty happens and I have to take a long look and then admit to myself, I knew better. What’s worse is when occasionally, I see the moment I should pull the plug while it’s happening and I ignore it. Gibbs head slap myself.
Tell me I am not the only one…do share….
T.A. Henry 
“Maxim: It is none of your business what other people think of you.”
I don’t know, how people think of you really affects how they treat you and the interpersonal dynamic. My boss doesn’t act like she respects me or thinks I know how do my job without heavy micromanagement, and the result is I’m already starting to burn out.
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nodding i can see that. But I think the maxim would suggest it’s not how she thinks of you that’s the problem but how you can respond to her behavior towards you.
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Meh, I think this one doesn’t apply at work in boss/employee relationships. Or peer-to-peer. Because you are very much accountable to what others think of you!
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