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Does Stress Increase Productivity?

Does Stress Increase Productivity?

Does Stress Increase Productivity?  Of course not. Why do we associate relaxation with laziness?  Why do we associate mindful relaxation with a lack of productivity?  How will we ever be able to decrease stress in our lives without rethinking and re-framing this?...
Stop Ass Kissers

Stop Ass Kissers

You are not alone!!  Let’s agree to not feel the stress caused by Ass Kissers. Most engineers are observers. Most engineers are factual and terse. We need to talk about ass kissers and the unnecessary stress they cause observers. I can remember sitting in cube...
OMG I Slipped my own DEADLINE

OMG I Slipped my own DEADLINE

  Habits… Funny how missing a deadline will ALWAYS create some built in panic, after years of worshipping the Road Map God (the ever omnipotent Release Date).  Michele the Trainer posts on Friday..and OMG it’s Tuesday.  Breathe Breathe...
Its Not Easy Being Green!

Its Not Easy Being Green!

Can we really Green up our cube? Did you know that NASA recommends plants for cleaning the air? There are two socially accepted plants for today’s workplace based on NASA studies; Bamboo and Spiderplants. This may surprise you but I’m going to recommend...
Please Pay for your Balls

Please Pay for your Balls

Got balls?  Not every company has a PA system, and when they do it can be a belly fat producing stress hormone  generating tradgedy, or not-so-often, a source of great amusement.  I worked at a telecom company that had personal trainers and group exercise classes,...