I used to think that working hard and being competent at your job was enough to succeed in the corporate world. Not anymore. I’ve seen loads of incompetent workers filling positions ahead of efficient and reliable people, and I’ve always wondered why. The savvy corporate jockey has many tricks up his sleeve, he is wise [...]
photo by webgeek Recently a friend from my old work sent me an out of the blue email. It was a standard message, friendly banter, disparaging remarks about my sexuality and some sort of quip about how amazing it was that out of 1 billion sperm, I was the fastest. All joking aside, one point [...]
photo by Shayan Yes that’s right, I have quit my job. When I first moved to New Zealand at the age of 22 I was more concerned about having a good time then my career or working. 5 years later, a couple of rungs up the corporate ladder and living and working in the UK [...]
Trying to get a blog off the ground is hard work. After the initial period of excitement died off I found it harder to continue writing and thinking about ways to generate inbound links. A month had passed since my last post and I began working on other projects, letting Nubtub slide lower down the [...]
photo by said&done When I was 17 I used to work in a supermarket on the checkouts. Occasionally an item wouldn’t scan properly and it would need to be rescanned. I decided any customers that I liked, that greeted me warmly or were a hot girl, would not get their items rescanned. That I would [...]
Wikileaks is developingan uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking Photo by Zara and analysis. Wow. This is an example of how the Internet changes everything. For so long we have lived with the belief that one man cannot make any real change. We may say to ourselves; sure, Malcom X made a difference, Ghandi [...]
Photo by gadgetgirl Part 1: Why you need to look out for number one Part 2: Don’t work too fast Part 3: Let the details tell the story Part 4: Deflect envy For my final instalment for this series I want to talk about letting people know what you’re upto. At work there are [...]
Photo by w2awfil I trained at Telecom for two years and was with the company for about three and a half in total. During this time I trained around 200 people from their beginnings with the company and observed several trends. I recently read an excellent article about cognitive dissonance that resonated with me [...]
Photo by mmlobster The people in your direct proximity are your biggest danger of being discovered slacking, be it on purpose or inadvertendly. You cannot hold it against people for revealing your true game plan, they may not share the same beliefs as you. That energy is better spent learning from your mistakes and devising [...]
Photo by lesec So far we’ve established that you need to look after number one and discussed the importance of not working too fast. In this post, I’ll be talking about the perception of being busy and how it’s all in the details. “Why do the Yankees always win? The other team can’t stop looking at the [...]
