I want to know what should i do when colleagues in office play politics against me? Should i compete, or should i let go?

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Today, Office Politics are in every line of work, no matter if it’s white collar or blue collar.
Anyway, why is it that Office Politics have to be a factor in promotions these days, rather than a persons performance and education? ANd if that’s not bad enough, if you confront them, they’ll lie and say it is your performance, when you no it isn’t. How do you know? Because you just saw a person with worse performance and/or education get the promotion. Why is this?

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