NonsenseAtWork

#110: Why facts don’t really matter 14.05.2020 1:00 ↓

A fact doesn’t care; a fact just is.

#109: Violent prude shocked by toilets 13.05.2020 1:00 ↓

It seems to me that the more graphically violent our movies and television shows become, the more prudish we become in voicing what is more natural to the body.

#108: Big shoes to fill leave footprints to clean up 12.05.2020 1:00 ↓

The need to be remembered is equally damaging. It creates a lot of nonsense for our children to clean up.

#107: Don’t ask for serenity. Just change what must be altered. 07.05.2020 1:00 ↓

Don’t ask for the serenity to accept the things you cannot change. Just get on with it.

#106: Your success depends on your choice of effect 05.05.2020 1:00 ↓

Do you do things for effect or do you do things for effect? This is an extremely important question, so please take your time. It is such a critical question to ponder that I will now pause for effect.

#105: Don’t waste wasted time 30.04.2020 1:00 ↓

Do you feel guilty about wasting time? Here’s how to get over it.

#104: Please don’t fake it for my benefit 29.04.2020 1:00 ↓

Faking upwards only works if you have the foundation but lack the self-belief. It does not work if you have loads of self-belief but no grounding in reality.

#103: When negative thoughts are positive 28.04.2020 1:00 ↓

Negative self-talk serves a positive purpose – to stop you getting positively hurt or becoming positively dead.

#102: Create a sound bark rather than a sound bite 23.04.2020 1:00 ↓

For your next phone/video call: stay nice on air.

#101: When the going gets tough, real toughs go where they can see clearly 21.04.2020 1:00 ↓

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Tell me, how do you interpret the part about the tough get going?

#100: Spring back from knocked into shape and cut down to size 16.04.2020 1:00 ↓

Oh! To be able to recover like that every time I get knocked into shape and cut down to size.

#99: Nothing happens until you make a move, any old move 15.04.2020 1:00 ↓

Nothing happens until you make a move.

#98: Beware the not quite empty promise 14.04.2020 1:00 ↓

Thanks to those empty symbols of fake fertility, I am perpetually suspicious of anything too nicely wrapped.

#97: When downers are uppers 07.04.2020 1:00 ↓

Don’t be sad. Depression could be good for you. Maybe not the deep kind, but the odd bout of the downers could lift you up.

#96: Feel safe enough to be happier now 02.04.2020 1:00 ↓

What matters more, being safe or feeling safe ?

#95: Fixating on the pooh side of a task is not a game 01.04.2020 1:00 ↓

Don't fixate on the pooh side of the task.

#94: Managing our leaders to get things done 31.03.2020 1:00 ↓

I get annoyed when people act as if leadership and management are interchangeable.

#93: Why working from home is impossible 24.03.2020 1:00 ↓

According to basic science, it is impossible to work from home, so how can it increase performance?

#92: Using intuition without experience can hurt 18.03.2020 1:00 ↓

When it comes to making decisions, do you go on intuition and gut feel or do you deliberate and evaluate?

#91: There is no charm in being late 17.03.2020 1:00 ↓

Many a date who kept me waiting had real charms at play, but I have yet to find the charm in those who keep me waiting at work.

#90: It is time to blame we the people 12.03.2020 1:00 ↓

We blame the organization when we should blame the individuals who comprise the organization.

#89: Get out, get fresh and get high 11.03.2020 1:00 ↓

It’s time to get high. All this stress and uncertainty, anger, and fear is driving me to it.

#88: How to lead with your leadership gap 10.03.2020 1:00 ↓

Do you think leaders should be good at what they do or great at what they do?

#87: Want my business? Call me Mister. 04.03.2020 1:00 ↓

Your job is to make me feel important, not commonplace.

#86: Too many lost leaders clamoring for attention 03.03.2020 1:00 ↓

You can tell how lost people are by how much time they waste on leaders and leadership.