Elegant Slacker Newsletter v.9
Hopefully this past week was filled with as much love and joy as we had here at ES. An our chocolate, champagne and rose petal hang-over wears off, we present our normal weekly columns. Vocabulary words elegant slackers should be using, and a time killer to help burn those minutes at work. Our feature this week we discuss N.K.O.T.B, the new kid on the block, and provide some insight on how to interact with the uninitiated. Happy Friday! Sit back, relax and enjoy the slack.
Elegant Slacker Vocabulary Words for the Week
Elegant Slacker Feature of the Week
"N.K.O.T.B."
New Kid on the Block. We all know someone who exhibits excellent elegance or the spark of amazing slacker capabilities. We see younger versions of ourselves in these neophytes and our instinct might be to reach out and help them along the path of ES-ing. Like esoteric traditions of the middle ages, the brotherhood of elegant slacking is a path that people are drawn to, not shown. The process can take years or days, no two elegant slackers arrive at the full embodiment of their ES potential in the same way. In all cases, the mind must be prepared to receive the message of elegant slacking. Early slackers were very excited about their new found freedom and went into the world to spread their message. Carnage on the order and style of plague-like pandemics ravaged communities world wide. The lesson history teaches us is that it is neither the responsibility or duty of elegant slackers to initiate and guide the novice, would-be elegant slackers. Economic theory of supply and demand are the simplest means for arguing why helping bring more elegant slackers into the fold is counter to the very tenets of being an elegant slacker. Bringing more elegant slackers into the world, reduces the demand for these highly important positions. The competition for the few positions that exist will also increase. If one needs to actually work on being elegant and struggle to find slack, the entire system could potentially collapse under the weight of its own "success." The elegant slacker should be like a lone wolf. They should guard their territory and if challenged, should yield to the stronger wolf and seek new pastures. So next time you see the bright eyes of a budding elegant slacker, try to squash their slacking ambitions by any means necessary lest you find a new place to work your elegant slacker ways.
Elegant Slacker Weekly Time Killer
"Choose Your Own Time Killer" We at Elegant Slacker have fond memories of a childhood book series called Choose Your Own Adventure. The books allowed the reader to choose the direction the story follows at "critical" plot junctures. In the spirit of our lost innocence, we present the "Choose Your Own Time Killer" time killer. 1. Contemplate, thoughtfully, how you would kill time.
2. Develop a business plan for executing your vision.
3. Execute plan from step 2.
4. Repeat steps 1-4 as necessary.
Notes: The elegance of this time killer is its simplicity. In and of itself, it represents a lot of the philosophies presented in the pages of Elegant Slacker. We have complete and utter faith in your abilities to find a satisfying kill of your time. Chest out, chin up...now you're slacking with elegance!
Word 1: methodology (n)
Meaning (n): a particular procedure or set of principles
Example usage: Regardless of the outcome, as long as we have a strong methodology, we can consider the project a success. He who defines the methodology defines the elegance and the quality of slack.
Notes: Methodology is a word that can be compared to the idea of the yin and the yang. Externally, to people who aren't involved with the day to day operations, you will "have a strong methodology" or a "proven methodology." The yang, for the peers, your methodology will be in the process of revision or refinement. Studies are popular ways to find "best practices" to include in your methodology.
Meaning (n): a particular procedure or set of principles
Example usage: Regardless of the outcome, as long as we have a strong methodology, we can consider the project a success. He who defines the methodology defines the elegance and the quality of slack.
Notes: Methodology is a word that can be compared to the idea of the yin and the yang. Externally, to people who aren't involved with the day to day operations, you will "have a strong methodology" or a "proven methodology." The yang, for the peers, your methodology will be in the process of revision or refinement. Studies are popular ways to find "best practices" to include in your methodology.
Word 2: champion (v); champion (n)
Meaning (v): to lead or support, usually a cause or effort, but not necessarily with any direct involvement or responsibility; to root for
Meaning (n): fan or supporter of a cause
Example usage (v): Without someone to champion our elegant methodologies, they will surely fail to be adopted.
Example usage (n): Win, lose or draw, our project's champion will find ways to report our efforts as a success. Notes: While it is important to have a champion, an elegant slacker should only reluctantly take on the role of being a champion. There is no implicit responsibility other than to root for the initiative being championed, but the potential for failure exists which would be very un-ES-ly. Champion is sometimes used as a synonym for "scape-goat."
Meaning (v): to lead or support, usually a cause or effort, but not necessarily with any direct involvement or responsibility; to root for
Meaning (n): fan or supporter of a cause
Example usage (v): Without someone to champion our elegant methodologies, they will surely fail to be adopted.
Example usage (n): Win, lose or draw, our project's champion will find ways to report our efforts as a success. Notes: While it is important to have a champion, an elegant slacker should only reluctantly take on the role of being a champion. There is no implicit responsibility other than to root for the initiative being championed, but the potential for failure exists which would be very un-ES-ly. Champion is sometimes used as a synonym for "scape-goat."
"N.K.O.T.B."
New Kid on the Block. We all know someone who exhibits excellent elegance or the spark of amazing slacker capabilities. We see younger versions of ourselves in these neophytes and our instinct might be to reach out and help them along the path of ES-ing. Like esoteric traditions of the middle ages, the brotherhood of elegant slacking is a path that people are drawn to, not shown. The process can take years or days, no two elegant slackers arrive at the full embodiment of their ES potential in the same way. In all cases, the mind must be prepared to receive the message of elegant slacking. Early slackers were very excited about their new found freedom and went into the world to spread their message. Carnage on the order and style of plague-like pandemics ravaged communities world wide. The lesson history teaches us is that it is neither the responsibility or duty of elegant slackers to initiate and guide the novice, would-be elegant slackers. Economic theory of supply and demand are the simplest means for arguing why helping bring more elegant slackers into the fold is counter to the very tenets of being an elegant slacker. Bringing more elegant slackers into the world, reduces the demand for these highly important positions. The competition for the few positions that exist will also increase. If one needs to actually work on being elegant and struggle to find slack, the entire system could potentially collapse under the weight of its own "success." The elegant slacker should be like a lone wolf. They should guard their territory and if challenged, should yield to the stronger wolf and seek new pastures. So next time you see the bright eyes of a budding elegant slacker, try to squash their slacking ambitions by any means necessary lest you find a new place to work your elegant slacker ways.
"Choose Your Own Time Killer" We at Elegant Slacker have fond memories of a childhood book series called Choose Your Own Adventure. The books allowed the reader to choose the direction the story follows at "critical" plot junctures. In the spirit of our lost innocence, we present the "Choose Your Own Time Killer" time killer. 1. Contemplate, thoughtfully, how you would kill time.
2. Develop a business plan for executing your vision.
3. Execute plan from step 2.
4. Repeat steps 1-4 as necessary.
Notes: The elegance of this time killer is its simplicity. In and of itself, it represents a lot of the philosophies presented in the pages of Elegant Slacker. We have complete and utter faith in your abilities to find a satisfying kill of your time. Chest out, chin up...now you're slacking with elegance!
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