This is Steveer Robbins.

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

We all have relationships, both personal and professional.

Many are essential to our well-being.

We must keep them strong.

For example, you want to keep on good terms with your fairy godperson.

When it's time for the ball, you want them to provide a magic carriage and glass slippers,

not a push-scooter and a pair of power-walking shoes.

These relationships are important enough that we're willing to work on them.

And, of course, we assume that everything's going well unless we're actively involved in a fight.

But even if nothing seems to be going wrong,

problems with relationships can still fester under the surface. It's just like a neighborhood

swimming hole, a still, calm surface could simply be hiding man-eating octopods who are hungry,

very, very hungry. If you wait for them to come to light, well, let's just say that

tentacle burns are not an attractive fashion statement. Don't wait for problems to emerge on

their own. Uncover them regularly with relationship check-ins. Ask your boss. Ask your boss for

feedback about how you can be a better employee.

This isn't just you wanting to be a better mindless, faceless, cog. This is enlightened self-interest.

The more you strengthen your relationship with your boss, the greater the chances that your boss will help you get ahead.

And if not, you can use the strong relationship to invite your boss over for a friendly swim at the neighborhood

swimming hole.

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