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• ‟ 'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you're talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty.

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• ‟ Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.

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• ‟ Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards.

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• ‟ People read informality as, 'Do whatever you feel like,' and whatever you feel like might be disastrous.

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• ‟ When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.

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• ‟ Over the last couple of decades, the personalization of the office changed dramatically... there's an informality people often take for the absence of rules - which it's not.

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• ‟ Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.

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• ‟ We're now seeing email that people thought they had deleted showing up as evidence in court. You can't erase email. As that becomes more commonly realized, people will be a little wiser about what they type.

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