Shhh, here’s a little secret, if you take it all in stride as if we are playing even in the densest of environments you can make it through. A smile is primary, period. A smile is magical; often I have said you never know what smiling at a stranger can do in a positive way to that person. Doesn’t matter if the smile is returned or not or even seen I love the idea of smiling to myself, for myself. Making people wonder what I’m up to that has a smile on my face. A smile is contagious. Try it.
It’s the child inside which has now discovered the professional side of me and is allowing me to view “that life” with child like eyes and a smile which has turned this period of living in the denseness of the dying corporate system into a game.
Let’s play!
“oh, what was announced to be available isn’t, no problem”
“just realized been left out of the oh so important email loop”
“world cup”
“world cup”
“world cup”
It's hide and seek office style- how fun! Why pretend to be able to get things done in a professional manner when you work with monkeys? Learn to work with the madness but with a calm smile, eventually it will be resolved and you’ll still be smiling. And you don’t have to carry a goofy, stupid, big, toothy smile it can be a little on the Mona Lisa side and keep the mystery alive.
The playing also includes dressing like a girl, shirts, heels, ponytails and cleavage it’s fun to flaunt what ever it is you got especially at the office, strut around you’re happy and not miserable and the smile is the proof. I call it this the “head fake” it’s a way of demonstrating how you reside way above the dirty office system of rumors and politics you are all subjected to live in at the office.
The second key is to have a life outside of the office. One that fills you with joy, peace, generates senses of fulfillment, social responsibility and is fun.
When I had time off from this place everything that I choose to do was preceded by this question: Will this make me happy? Everything that I did which followed that question resulted to be fruitful in some form or other it wasn’t a waste of time or it turn out to be a huge deal without any drama because things unfolded so easily it was as if the path was being created before me and the easy with which things came together you just knew it was meant to be.
Lesson learned: we are meant to be happy in our work, in our lives and with ourselves.
The third key point is to look good. Get in shape treat your body like the temple it is other will notice admire and be jealous and let them! Physical improvements derived by good eating and consistent exercise habits will also improve your self esteem and guess what other secret I learned the better you look the better the men who hit on you look as well. Woo hoo! Those smiles work!
