2. DON’T GET PERSONAL
When I say ‘don’t get personal’, your first instinct is to distance yourself from people at work. The answer is DON’T DISTANT YOURSELF but DON’T GET PERSONAL.
Here are some tips to help you be impersonal at all times:
Vent your resentment or complains outside work environment. Don’t you complain about work to your co-worker or try to join the bandwagon of those who resent a new policy that seem not to favour staff. Complaining about work to co-workers can stain your reputation, you can always talk to your friends outside work or family.
Avoid bad mouthing any co-worker. No matter how you feel about a co-worker, be cautious of what you say about such person to another co-worker or even your superior.
Assume that anything you say will be repeated to others. As long as you don’t want any other person hearing whatever you want to tell any co-worker, you might as well keep it to your self
Consciously draw the line between friendliness and getting personal. Don’t always keep to yourself, be friendly and nice. Whenever, anyone takes your friendliness for granted, refrain from giving an angry reaction. Tell such worker how much you are hurt by his or action and try to avoid such person in the future.
3. DEVELOP YOUR ‘PEOPLE’S SKILL’
Stand out in playing office politics by developing a good interactive skill. A good interactive skill is what makes you a people’s person and once you are good at this, you become the King of Hearts in your office.
A nice compliment like ‘I love your suit, it fits you perfectly’, a show of concern, ‘You look dull, are you okay?’, a little affection, ‘please I insist we share this, it is not your village’s taboo, is it?’ is what it takes to be nice to everyone in the office, including your janitor.
Yes, you should also be nice to the people who play dirty office politics, in fact, they are the ones you should get up close to.
Make yourself reliable when any co-worker needs help especially when he/she counts on you.
Talk up everyone’s achievements so you don’t look proud. Whenever you have done something big, maybe you hit a target. You should learn how to use the word ‘we’ and talk about every little help you got from those in your department.
Connect with those who have influence in your office with your friendliness and your productivity.
You should also listen; a good interactive skill means you are a good listener. This way, a lot of people will end up warming up to you.
A good interactive skill gives you an edge above every other person in your office. It places you at an advantage, such that for every one person that envies you, you’ll get more than ten persons (depending on your office population) who’ll support you, defend you and some two or three more willing to put their job on the line for you.
Whether you like it or not, office politics has come to stay,
The quicker you learn how to play it, the better for your career.
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Aptly written!

BTW, where is the part one?