Easiest way to avoid making enemies
We’ve all got an enemy or two at work, someone either above us or below us, waiting for his or her chance to plot our downfall. But enemies and allies are cultivated, not made. If you’re already a likeable person, then you’ve no doubt won over your subordinates. Now, what about your peers? Your superiors? How can you avoid turning them into enemies? The simple answer is to not offend them. You can do that by not telling them they’re wrong to their face. Instead, find more diplomatic ways of bringing them around to your point of view. An easy way to do that is to feign ignorance… if only for a while. If your boss has asked you to do a project you know is doomed to failure, do not tell him straight-faced that it’ll never work. Instead, say something like, “You think it’ll work? I thought it wouldn’t. I could be wrong, of course. But let’s go over this again, just to be sure…” See? The easiest way to avoid making enemies is to not do unto them what you’d not want them to do unto you.