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If you forbid jeans at your place of business, you’re not thinking straight. You might even be a coward.

By Matthew Dicks | December 22, 2016 | Comments Off on If you forbid jeans at your place of business, you’re not thinking straight. You might even be a coward.

Although there is no formal dress code at the school where I teach, staff members are allowed to make a $1 charitable contribution on Fridays in order to wear jeans. Having no explicit dress code, I’m fairly certain that if I wanted to wear jeans every day, I could, but I’m not ready to rock…

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If you have strong feelings about cargo shorts, then you are probably an infantile jackass.

By Matthew Dicks | August 14, 2016 | Comments Off on If you have strong feelings about cargo shorts, then you are probably an infantile jackass.

I was surprised to see that a junior high newspaper editorial staff apparently took over The Wall Street Journal last week, publishing a infantile piece on cargo shorts in their esteemed pages. The thesis of the piece is this: Cargo shorts are ugly, and men who wear them are stupid and ugly.  Seriously. That’s their…

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Productivity tip #14: Start your day ahead of everyone else.

By Matthew Dicks | January 15, 2015 | Comments Off on Productivity tip #14: Start your day ahead of everyone else.

It’s fairly simple. If it takes me less time than you to shower, dress, and otherwise prepare for the day, I will have more free time than you. With that free time, I will have the opportunity to accomplish more, and over the long term, if this disparity persists, I will probably crush you. It’s…

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