For work, just have some other priority and make it a priority and make others see you doing it. If workplace drama comes your way, always go back to the employee handbook or company protocol or do whatever you can to shift the problem on to the management. If you are the management then you need to have a book where everything is clearly written out and then 'go by the book'.

I do the hiding in plain sight and understand what not to say and what not to do. It doesn't come up. I don't think the idea of going your own way should mean that you live in social isolation. I just think it means you should never get married, don't chase pussy, and treat all guns as if they are loaded.