I cleared my schedule today of all meetings starting after 12pm. I’m serious. 3pm project review? Sorry, no can do. Why, you ask? “Ah (deep breath, gather yourself), I’ve got a “budget” due tomorrow morning that is going to take over my day. I’m really sorry.” I literally said that a few minutes ago.
I even came in early this morning to realign my cubicle. Normally I sit at an angle where my computer can be seen narrowly, albeit at a tough 160-degrees, by a bystander or walk-by. Today I came in at 8:30am with the specific intent of reorganizing for the purpose of eliminating even the most remote possibility that my computer screen could be seen by anyone who isn’t physically standing in my cube. Mission accomplished, though I’ve had three people already walk by and ask why I changed things around. “Spring cleaning” was my excuse. Also needing to “refocus, refresh, and reinvent” myself since I get used to the same-old-same-old very quickly, which tends to reduce productivity.
We’re a little over an hour from the best 96-hour period for Cubicle GMs in all of sports. Key personnel at companies around the country are laboring over that last pick before the 12ish pm EST deadline, wasting those now well-known billions of dollars in productivity, literally hocking in the face of a deepening recession.
Those key personnel apparently include the President, much the chagrin of a well-known coach:
Stay tuned for ongoing discussion – not just us, your thoughts always welcomed, too – about the NCAA Tournament.
My first day picks: Memphis, Carolina, Duke, U-Conn, Oklahoma, Gonzaga, Villanova (narrowly though), Washington, VCU, Northern Iowa, Butler, Clemson, Brigham Young, Maryland, Minnesota, and Western Kentucky.
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