Cubicle Warrior — Survive, Endure, Resist, and Escape the Cube

An Open Letter to My Quitting Self

Last weekend I passed my first Kung Fu test. This means that my introductory period is over and I have been invited to apply to the mastery program. Showing basic martial competency as well as a token knowledge of history and a good understanding of decorum was required before I could advance. All that is left if this application to state my intent and a meeting with the Sifu – the headmaster of the school.

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Flipping the Calendar Pages

This morning Chris G asked his Facebook cohort “What is the most important thing you’ll do this week.” I was at a loss. What is the most important thing I’m doing this week? Is anything I am doing really that important? Shouldn’t there be? Is the fact that I cannot answer this question in a split second indicative of a larger underlying problem?

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Take Your Child to Where You Used to Work Day

Maybe this should be “Take Your Child to Where You Used to Work Day?”

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What is Worth Doing? Smurfs and Schwarzenegger.

We have thousands of choices to make everyday. While the little ones may seem unimportant and nearly irrelevant, they aren’t. Because they come in limited supply. Sooner or later (hopefully much, much later) we’ll all be dead and gone. Some of our choices will outlive us. Some won’t. But they all matter. So how do you chose? How do you decide what’s worth doing?

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Operation Spare Tire

The other week I wrote about goals. Specifically, I wrote about how the goals I had listed for all the world to see on the right hand navigation bar just kinda sucked. I knew it was time for a change. Time for me to declare a real and viable mission. And that time is now.

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Sometimes You Need a Kick

And Alec delivers in Glengarry Glennross.

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How to turn Sweat into Gold

Ask a coach why a kid should join a sport and he might say ‘It builds character.’ While true, that’s a pretty lame and generic answer. I say generic because I believe the reason people say it because they heard someone else say it once and it sounded good so they decided to use it. Us humans are funny like that.

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Kim & Kyle: Lawyers No More!

2 Years ago Kim and Kyle were 2 lawyers. They had graduated with top grades from a top college and were ready to make their way in the world. The entire world was laid out before them. There was one problem; they were miserable. Here’s how they made the change and turned their life around 180 degrees and are now happier than ever.

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Don’t Stop Believin’

A coworker of mine owns a part of a local club that just so happens to have Journey cover band Frontiers playing. And he had a bunch of free tickets to donate. Sometimes cubicles work out!

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