Steven Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is how to break up with someone.

Listener Peter writes in,

What's the right way to break up with someone?

Peter, I'm puzzled.

You're the first person to write with a question about relationships.

Now, most people think getting things done has nothing to do with relationships.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Relationships make everything happen. We carry our

relationships with us everywhere. And if you're like me, you even keep People magazine around

so you can pretend you have a relationship with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, even if you don't.

Yes, I'm that pathetic, but my therapist and I are working on it.

Long, drawn-out emotional roller coasters can interfere with productivity.

You can't let that slob you're breaking up with tank your work life as well as your home life.

You owe it to yourself and your corporate overlords to get your work life as well as your home life, you owe it to yourself

and your corporate overlords to get through breakups as quickly as possible so you can go back to

being a productive cog in the machine. Just remember, a productive cog is a happy cog.

Employer-employee relationships are just like romantic relationships, only you spend more time

with an employer

than you do with your boyfriend, girlfriend's basal equivalent, or polyamorous family unit.

So, today's tip is just as much about quitting your job as it is about quitting your slob.

Don't break up to manipulate.

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