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    The document provides advice to someone having problems with a colleague at work. It recommends 1) understanding the problematic colleague by reaching out to them, building rapport and respect, as it is easier to influence people you have respect from. 2) Being passive and lowering expectations of the colleague to avoid making situations worse and feel less offended. 3) Directly telling the colleague their behavior is unacceptable if gentler methods don't work, as they may think the behavior is tolerated since no one has spoken up before. The overall advice is to try understanding the colleague first before using passive approaches or directly asserting unacceptable behavior.

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    The document provides advice to someone having problems with a colleague at work. It recommends 1) understanding the problematic colleague by reaching out to them, building rapport and respect, as it is easier to influence people you have respect from. 2) Being passive and lowering expectations of the colleague to avoid making situations worse and feel less offended. 3) Directly telling the colleague their behavior is unacceptable if gentler methods don't work, as they may think the behavior is tolerated since no one has spoken up before. The overall advice is to try understanding the colleague first before using passive approaches or directly asserting unacceptable behavior.

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    English Writing Test 1

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    Muhammad Arif Farhan
    The document provides advice to someone having problems with a colleague at work. It recommends 1) understanding the problematic colleague by reaching out to them, building rapport and respect, as it is easier to influence people you have respect from. 2) Being passive and lowering expectations of the colleague to avoid making situations worse and feel less offended. 3) Directly telling the colleague their behavior is unacceptable if gentler methods don't work, as they may think the behavior is tolerated since no one has spoken up before. The overall advice is to try understanding the colleague first before using passive approaches or directly asserting unacceptable behavior.

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    Name: Muhammad Arif Farhan bin Azhan

    Student ID: 275680

    Thank you for reaching me out regarding your problem at work. I


    understand how you feel as I experienced it too during my university time back
    then. First thing first, I want to say that I’m so impressed with your work ethics.
    Not everyone can have a good self discipline like you.

    Personally, in my opinion you may help yourself but understanding your


    problematic colleagues first. Sometimes, you need to reach people who need
    to be reached first. He probably have some personal issue behind the close
    door. You can try to reach him first, makes friend with him, earn his respect
    and understand him more on why he’s behaving like that. Apart of all the hate
    thrown to him by other employee, why not you try to give some love to him? It’s
    easy to give people advice or change people when you have their respect.

    Other than that, you can try to be passive and expect less from him.
    Being quite doesn’t mean that you’re weak because sometimes, you need to
    know when to voice out your opinion even though you’re are right. This may
    help you to not make the situation become worse. Also, lowering your
    expectation will make your emotion stable as you are prepared by his bad
    behaviour. It will make you feel less offended whenever he makes some
    problems.

    However, sometimes it’s better for you to man up and tell him it is not
    okay to behave like that and he should respect other people’s time. It’s
    probably because he thinks that you guys are okay with him coming late as no
    one ever be assertive and voice out to him about his bad behavior.

    I know you’re having a hard time at work, I really hope that by reaching
    your problematic colleagues, being passive and lower your expectation and
    man up can overcome your obstacle at work. Believe me, you’ll do okay.

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