How to Work Extremely Well

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I read this great article in Fast Company today called "How to Work Extremely Well."  Really, if you have to be told this stuff for the first time, it’s probably too late for you, but it doesn’t hurt to brush-up from time to time to remind yourself of what’s important.

1. Think of things you like to do outside of work. Pick one.

Citigroup’s John Bishop likes to run. Irene Tse of Goldman Sachs is a concert pianist who takes classes twice a week at Juilliard and will perform with an orchestra in London this summer. "For my first five years, all I did was work," she says. "All of a sudden, this person who used to be able to talk about a wide variety of topics couldn’t converse about anything but the market. I thought, If I don’t do something about this, I won’t be able to do it anymore. Trading has a lot of highs and lows, but no happiness. Music has happiness."

MTV’s David Clark doesn’t play golf or tennis or poker. He and his wife, he says, have become highly disciplined about spending time together when he’s home. "I don’t think it’s possible to survive in these jobs unless you really simplify things," he says, "especially if you try to pull off the hat trick of having a family."

3. Make time for friends.

"You have to work very hard at maintaining relationships," says Avery Baker, a Tommy Hilfiger exec. "Your friends have to be quite patient and understanding with the idea that you’re not around. And when you are, even if you don’t feel like it, you need to make the effort. Otherwise, you won’t have anybody to welcome you home."

4. Build little rewards into your daily life.

Knee-jerk review

I added my little brother to my family plan and he got the Moto RAZR from Cingular. I had it shipped to my house to I could bluetooth some ring tones to it etc before sending it on.

I hated this phone a week ago. I call it a fashionphone. Good for Paris Hilton, good for all those “metros,” good for high-schoolers, but bad for a REAL phone user. Or so I thought.

Carrying this phone around for a day I can tell you this: it’s not as bad as I thought. Sure, it has Moto’s CRAPPY UI, the processor is SLOW, the digital camera SUCKS. But the sound is clear, the screen is huge (on the inside, outside one’s pointless) and I like being seen with it.

Knee-jerk review: pass this one up. Get a real phone. If you’re super into image though, this is the ONLY phone you should have.

Wash your dang hands!

I am shocked and appalled at the number of men who do not wash their hands after using the washroom. Maybe I AM a little bit paranoid about germs, but seriously people…no wash?

The most common non-wash I’ve seen is what I like to call the “Rinse and Run.” This is where you turn on the water, and rub your hands under it. I don’t know what people think this accomplishes, since the water can’t possibly be hot enough OR cold enough to kill the germs. If your hands stink like piss after you”WASH” them, it’s because THERE’S PISS ON THEM!

The second most popular method is the “Pump Fake.” Some guys go for the pump, but don’t actually do the squeeze. Others that do the squeeze, rinse before rubbing and just rinse the soap off their hands. Also, pointless.

Let me clear things up in case you don’t know how to wash your hands:

1) Turn on the warm water
2) Pump a couple paper towels out of the dispenser. Leave them dangling.
3) Get your hands wet and pump one or two servings of soap into your hand.
4) Rub your hands together for 30 seconds at least. Be sure to get between your fingers, and on the backs of your hands. If you have a hard time remembering what 30 seconds is like, think about those De Biers commercials they have on during the super bowl. LONGEST 30 SECONDS EVER, especially if your girlfriend is with you when they come on!
5) Rinse your hands (leave water running, sorry E.L.F.).
6) Pull off the small towels you pre-tore and use them to turn off the water and pump a few more towels out of the dispenser, dispose.
7) Dry your hands and use the towel to open the door to leave, with the door open toss the towel’s in the trash.

That wasn’t so hard. Help stop communicable diseases.

Go Hawks!

Woo hoo! NFC Championship game! Otis is going, but I’m staying home with Kari and we’re going to scream like crazy.

It’s okay though, we’ll be bumpin’ the Seahawks songs ALL DAY.

GET THEM HERE

Christmas Party 2005 Photos Online

Welcome everybody, the Christmas Party photos are now listed under the “Multimedia” section on the right.

I dind’t edit them or filter them, so if at some point you stole my camera and took a picture of yourself topless: sorry, it’s now on the internet.

Enjoy!