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The measure of how efficiently any body operates can be measured by the smoothness of interaction between its myriad parts. Human bodies have organs that interact via signals sent through the nervous system and through packages of nutrients and waste transferred in the bloodstream. When harmful bacteria or viruses enter the body, its resources respond immediately to slow and eventually destroy the foreign particles (remember this point, it’s important).

Zooming out to view any job function as a body, the same concepts of efficacy apply. Consider a typical office worker’s day filled with e-mails, phone calls, meetings, and spontaneous conversations. Communication takes place through wires and waves, and materials shift to different locations through mail and local trash pickup :-}

With so many parallels between bodily functions it’s only right to bring some common sense through the filter:

• If a virus or bacteria continues to fight against your immune system does your body give up? Certainly not. It either shifts to a different sort of antibody or calls in more white blood cells. Don’t let bureaucracy or contract nibbling (more…)

In the beginning it was an exciting and rich experience. I could enter an online reality where millions of other people were eager to casually mingle. That can be a rarity in the real world, where we seem to frequently be “busy” with no time for “games”. A year and a half passed while I happily leveled up three characters in World of Warcraft (WoW).

On some of my days off from work I would wake up, start gaming and only stop when my eyes were glazed over. During the day I’d only turn away to eat or for bio breaks. Phone calls from family and friends seemed to become an annoyance because it would detract from my complete concentration on WoW. After all, a second can be the difference between casting a healing spell in time and death.

Then one day as I began my adventures through the dark portal I started to realize (more…)