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5 Ways to Add Jumping Jacks to Your Day

January 29, 2010 Uncategorized

Warning: Jumping jacks in a moving vehicle can be disconcerting. You do not land where you took off. Consult your physicist professor for advice.
The jumping jack is, I gotta say, one of the silliest calisthenics. Not as silly as the squat thrust, but far sillier than the push-up. Kids LOVE ‘em, and for good reasons.
I [...]

Tagged as: cubicle life, fitness, Misconceptions, Office work

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Good Employees Do Bad Head Stands

January 26, 2010 Uncategorized

A head stand is a bar, and I intend to reach this bar within the next 30 days. Wish me luck – I’m going for it. Some people might say the head stand is an achievement, but it’s not – it is a bar. It measures other achievements.
For many years, I have practiced Yoga. I [...]

Tagged as: cubicle life, Office work, Yoga

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It’s a Union Job

January 26, 2010 Uncategorized

I work in technology. It is an industry which is overrun with re-work and redundant red herrings. An old network manager of mine used to say (paraphrased):
If two people are working on a problem, then one of them is wasting his time.
He would say this mostly when he saw a gaggle of us hovering nervously [...]

Tagged as: communication, overwork, waste

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Okay, so I am popular. Now what?

January 23, 2010 Uncategorized

There are two steps to achieving contentment in life and work:

Convince others to give you what you want
Then tell ‘em what to give you

Maybe not. Life seems to be more complex.
I recently read an article by a guy named Mike Tattersall, called How To Become Popular at Work. As of today, he has published 1139 [...]

Tagged as: employment, management, Office work

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Good Work Helps

January 15, 2010 Uncategorized

I’ve got a new tag line. It’s a good thing I didn’t have the graphic designer make-up the artwork for my banner yet.
Good work helps.
I like that. Simple. It implies that things other than “good work” also exist (and might, possibly, do things other than “help”?). And I think it brings into focus what is [...]

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