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Title: Losing the Tie
Date: May 29, 2009, Friday
Thought: I have nothing to prove—already done it.
Jog: Have you ever put your feet up on our desk and just snoozed? I mean right in the middle of the work day? I’ve got to admit it is a great experience. In fact that is what I am going to do as soon as I finish this entry. Or, I might have to split the entry with the snooze in the middle. (…..zzzzzz…)
Unfortunately, my snooze was interrupted with work—a phone call. I hate it when work gets in the way with my day. Anyway, it is my opinion that offices should have a free snooze rule. I mean, if a little snooze helps to refresh you and make you a little sharper, why not benefit from it. I know; my office instituted the rule at least three years ago. Anytime I feel a little sleepy, I drop what I’m doing, put my feet up on my desk, and snooze for twenty or thirty minutes. It works like a jewel.
OK, I know my situation has a few extenuating circumstances—like I’m the only employee in my firm at the moment and my office just happens to be in my home. And, after all, I am the boss and can do dang right what I please. However, that does not change the fact that I still think our offices should be a little less structured.
I have read accounts of successful businesses where the office model has changed from the stiff coat and tie professionalism of the Twentieth Century to something much more laid back. Ben and Jerry’s sell a lot of ice cream. They are one of the most successful companies around. However, they have changed the office to fit a different pattern. The first clue is by the company motto they have adopted: “If it’s not fun, why do it?”
It is not unusual today to find a successful, professional office where there isn’t a tie around and absolutely no coats. I remember an office where ties were outlawed. If you came to the office with a tie on, you ran the chance of having it cut-off leaving only a stub next to the knot—my kind of place. Myself, I have reduced my standard to always wearing jeans to work. I even wear them to corporate meetings and public hearings before city councils. As a concession, I wear a corduroy sports jacket with my jeans--no tie. It’s comfortable and even looks a little spiffy.
I’m beginning to be known as that exocentric planner guy. If you are good enough, folks look past the fancy stuff to the real thing. I’m that good. Besides, I’ve earned my stripes. I’ve been doing this long enough so that I have nothing to prove—already done it. I’ve earned the right to lose the tie. You know, life is pretty good. Now, I think I'll put my feet back up on my desk. I may or may not take a snooze--depends on how I feel.
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