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WHO IS GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU?
It’s funny how we have a feeling of invincibility when we’re young, isn’t it? I used to smoke cigars and I never gave a thought to the impact it had on my health. Now I feel bad if I don’t cut the fat off my bacon properly!
I’ve worked in HR leadership roles for most of my career and I’ve noticed how the people who took their break at the smoking area every day knew more about many of those individuals than I did and appeared to be a fairly tight knit group of people. However, I have seen an interesting dynamic at times with people who have quit smoking. The relationship between them and with the other smokers changed forever once they quit smoking.
It is a peculiar realization indeed when you begin to change and grow that the people around you, many of whom you love and who love you, don’t like it!
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