Things to know to succeed in corporate world

So when I first got into the corporate world there were a few things I realized spelled success. Smoking, coffee, and sports. Wait don’t send the nicotine police after me, trust me I hate smoking, but that was a while ago when smoking was much more acceptable. So why these three things? Coffee is everywhere in every meeting and is a great excuse for a quick talk with someone. If you don’t drink coffee you very well may die of dehydration. Sports? Well you need to be able to have small talk with the right people and you really have two standard choices, the weather and sports, sports however doesn’t have that small talk feel. Now on to Smoking. That was critical because smoke breaks is where you would get the real inside story on work and the gritty dirt and politics that permeates the workplace. After all people tend to grab a smoke when they’re stressed and then vent about what ails them.

Ahh but the good old days are gone and new things are on the horizon. Smoking is out. What is taking it’s place? I say Poker. Yep, you can’t go anywhere without people talking about poker and striking up games. I’m still not a big sports fan, I gave up smoking years ago, so I realized I need to give the coffee some support and should probably be able to hold my own in a poker game, er match, er…whatever. So yes I picked up a book and played a few practice hands online.

Now if I can only win a few