The working week was gaining momentum, the whole office was heavily loaded. We didn’t even have time to look back, and it was already Thursday. I rushed around the floors with documents and orders, Egor was constantly leaving for business meetings. On Monday, he admitted that he thinks I'm a great employee, and after that, it seems that it became much easier for him to compliment me. Before that, for four months I suffered from his nit-picking, but now it turned out that he secretly really appreciates my work.

Now I feel much more confident. The energy that previously had to be spent on defending against the attacks of the...