'How Post-It™ Notes can Make You More Successful'

How Post-It™ Notes can Make You More Successful

How Post-It™ Notes can Make You More Successful

Everyone knows Post-It™ Notes as the workplace infection that shows up on computer monitors and cubicle walls like so many sores reminding us of what things we should have already done, but there are benefits to these sticky notes many overlook. These can remind you what to do, but used properly, they can also make you very successful.

Consider some of the following, more creative uses for Post-It™ Notes:

1 – In a pinch, you can use them to cover small holes in your yellow clothing.

2 – Though making whole outfits from sticky notes is not advised, they can make a nice hula skirt trim to make your casual Friday that much more festive.

3 – If you are caught napping at your computer, as pictured here, you are sure to lose your job on the spot. Consider using Post-It™ Notes to cover your sleeping eyes with ones that appear bright, cheerful and attentive. Since many managers are short-sighted, it's likely they won't notice the difference.

4 – If someone has recently died in your office, you may have inherited a window cube because of it. If so, you may suffer from eye-straining glare with no reasonable way to stop it. A simple fold in the paper will allow you to stick temporary, fashionable visors to your forehead without any fear that the glue will damage your knotted brow.

5 – Use Sticky notes to solve that pesky voicemail problem. If you have too many voicemail messages coming in throughout the day, you may be stressed out by the never ending sight of the blinking red light. A small cutout of a sticky note, or a whole note carefully placed, can be used to cover that blinking light for a few hours, a few days, or until you're eventually relieved of your job duties. Just imagine how productive you'll be once freed from checking voicemail all day.

6 – If you're anything like me, you can't grow the respectable girth of facial hair often required to earn that big raise you deserve. Don't sweat it; cut it. Just tear your sticky notes in the shape of handsome mutton chops or a stylish moustache, stick it on, and you're back in the running. You may wish to color it in with the hair patterns first, unless your hair color is a pale yellow.

7 – Likewise, if you are bald or balding, don't waste your money on costly creams and potions or risky surgery, but draw the hair you want on the Post-It™ notes you have, and stick 'em where you gotta. This is a double-benefit, because it's effective and you can let your boss bear the costs of your improved, youthful good looks.

8 – Hanging beads made for annoying doorways in the 70s, but it said something about the people who bought them. Although it may have only said "I smoke weed", you can still adopt this decorative touch by lining edges of your inbox with Post-It™ Notes. This will send the message that you're serious about office supplies while only modestly irritating your coworkers.

Although there are many more creative uses for Post-It™ Notes that can help you get ahead in business, these are a good starter for you. As needed, we can write a follow up for you to help you with your advanced uses of this ubiquitous tool.

In closing, it is important to point out that staples should not be used to affix sticky notes to human skin, even if the adhesive seems insufficient. The harm caused by staples may seem insignificant, but the risk of infection is not worth the potential benefit.

By Brian K. White