Office politics again and again and again

I think office politics are as old as the devil himself. If you want to work in a place where there are no office politics, than you better work in your garage, even than you may be bothered by your neighbors.

There is no way out of office politics, I even wonder if there is one place in our world where there are no office politics. Just imagine yourself working with people with different background, educational levels, attitude, ethical standards, etc. You work with these people more than half of your day everyday of the week.

We get into argument in our houses, in our relations and in life in general and our work place is only part of our life so to imagine our work place without conflict is not being realistic.

How you handle office politics will be the same way you handle your other relations in your life, there is no magic solution. If you are level headed, patient, good listener and think of what you will say before you say it then you are well equipped to handle office politics.

I read a story about a group of explorers who were trapped by heavy snow and freezing cold somewhere in north pole, these men were confined to their tent facing death at any moment and even then these men were arguing about their sleeping spaces and their share of food as one of this wrote later.