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Well, I knew it would eventually happen - I've received my first piece of fan mail! Caught by surprise, a good friend of mine who is aspiring to become a pro cyclist send me a thoughtful postcard about how his cycling career is coming along and how The Five Habits has been fueling his passion to "live the dream" as a professional bike racer. The sentiments reflected in the below postcard don't necessarily represent the opinions of K.P. Springfield in regards to the corporate world; but of course, it all depends on the company! Click on the thumbnails to see them full size.

K.P. thinks the brain donor who came up with the term "blog" should be womped incessantly with an iron skillet. How moronic is that word? Seriously, it's nothing but "log" with a B in front of it. Although Beavis and Butthead find the word "log" funny, "blog" definitely is not. Therefore, we have no blogs or blogging or bloggers or blog droppings or any of that ridiculous terminology at Slackism.com. Instead, K.P. uses a much cooler word - musings - to keep you current on all the latest happenings with brief updates on his successful slacking lifestyle, and his quest to spread the Advent of Slackism.

My most sincere apologies for not updating this site more than once per month, but I'm sure you understand. The other day I received one of the most irksome, depressing, and uncomfortably funny MP3s I've ever heard, and felt it must be shared with an audience. If you ever work for a company that promotes itself to employees with some cheeseball theme song using a four-on-the-floor gay Euro beat including lyrics like "total global integration" , "key industries" and increasing "cash flow", then please, do yourself a favor and either quit or take a long walk off a short pier. Your life has become completely nugatory. Without further ado, the theme to PricewaterhouseCoopers - God help them.

PwC Theme

Well I'll be hogtied by an overachiever! Two updates within nearly two weeks. Things are starting to heat up over here at Slackism.com. I had the recent pleasure of being included in an eWeek article by Deborah Perelman about the merits of successful slacking. I expect this to be one of many interviews to come as the advent of Slackism spreads like a fungus. Now enjoy the article and tell your friend(s) - parenthesis indicate your relative popularity.

10/5/08

Well, the wife and I are back from two-month trip to Europe in order to gain a more worldly understanding of successful slacking (my latest excuse for not updating the site in four months). All I can say is I love Siesta and Cruzcampo, Charles De Gaulle Airport is a creation of Lucifer and everyone in Croatia is taller than you. Oh, and I guess the European equivalent of Abercrombie and Old Navy is a store called "Springfield". Go figure. I'm already a child labor/sweatshop/household name over there. Built in marketing. Now if only they'd bite on my idea of "slackers" - a pair of jeans that look like slacks.

Back by popular demand (one more than zero is popular to me, okay?) The Office Clown Morale Booster video! Get a balloon - you're not getting fired. That is unless the clown gives you one by mistake. And yes folks, this ACTUALLY happened at my old company. I do not kid. What's that old saying? "Truth is stranger than fiction."? Yeah.

10/1/09

Has it really been a year since I last updated this? Yes it has. It's been a terrific summer filled with successful slacking and speaking engagements. I've talked with a few local clubs here in San Diego, including my neighborhood Rotary club, and next week I'll be speaking with students at Creighton University about their future careers and the topic of "Passion" - having passion for your job, so you become a naturally inspiring leader, unlike many of the knuckleheads I used to work with and for. They had about as much passion as a corpse. I plan to bring back video and photo phootage, so be sure to check back in a week or so. Also, I'm going to be redesigning Slackism.com with WordPress so it isn't such a pain to update.

10/11/09

Omaha is home to the best steak in America, one of the richest men in the free world and Creighton University, where gasp! I was the guest speaker for the Anna Taylor Waite Leadership Scholars Program at Creighton's School of Business. Economics Professor Tim Bastian was a most gracious host, and the students were either ordered to be attentive, polite and ask a lot of questions, or they were actually genuinely interested.

The talk focused on passion and how before anyone can be come an effective and insipring leader, they absolutely must be passionate about what they do for a career. If that passion doesn't exist, and you end up in a leadership role, you'll either be reluctant to lead, or a completely useless, uninspiring leader. The 5 Habits served as a perfect example as to what happens when poor leadership runs a company. We also discussed other topics like what to do when you're passionate but in a demotivating work situation and how understanding the four basic personality types can help you be an effective leader.

After fielding questions from students for nearly 40 minutes, I came to the conclusion they were genuinely interested. Either that or they were guaranteed some type of grade bonus for asking a question.

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12/21/09

Spotted near Omaha, Nebraska outside a gym of all places. There's a donut shop next door, so we can probably guess where the owner of this vehicle was headed. Happy Holidays, and look for a brand new site for Slackism.com in 2010!