One thing I do not miss since retirement is the inevitable exposure to workplace productivity and team building BS.

Capital-P Play was last year’s management theory, following multitasking, singletasking, grit, learning-from-failure, napping, cardioworking, saying no, saying yes, the wisdom of the crowd > trusting one’s gut, trusting one’s gut > the wisdom of the crowd, Viking management theory, Commissioner Gordon workflow theory, X-teams, B-teams, embracing simplicity, pursuing complexity, seeking zemblanity, creativity through radical individualism, creativity through groupthink, creativity through the rejection of groupthink, organizational mindfulness, organizational blindness, microwork, macrosloth, fear-based camaraderie, love-based terror, working while standing, working while ambulatory, learning while sleeping, and, most recently, limes.

—Dave Eggers. ‘The Every’

Only, I am still exposed.
Everywhere I browse, there is sure to be some online influencer grifting their own stand-out-look-at-me thumbnail, life productivity tips, tricks, gym programs, and tribe conscripting, product-endorsing BS.

Here is a pro tip: there are NO pro tips. Except maybe, muddle through best you can.

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