The life of a corporate executive is so weird. You’re never allowed to have a bad day. Even if you’ve been in 5 cities and time zones over 5 days, you’re never allowed to be tired. I heard one CEO once say that it is “like being Mickey Mouse in Disneyland.”
One of the oddest things is having to motivate people in artificial ways. These are called team-building exercises. You often have to build a puzzle or create something together. Or sometimes there is competition involved, which awkwardly levels the playing field. The managers have to be okay with losing and being inferior to their underlings. There may be MBTI type exercises where you compare notes and talk about how to work together. We expend so much effort and money improving workplace relationships. Why don’t we do this in our own lives?
I’m imagining going into work tomorrow and saying, “Drop everything everyone! We have do do mattress dominoes.”
Discomfort Woman 