If the morning alarm makes you hit the snooze button twice and dive under the covers, you're not alone. If the thought of commuting or going to the office makes you miserable, take heart. There's something you can do, but don't let anyone else know you're starting your own underground personal revolution today. Begin quietly putting your best interests front and center instead of putting the boss or company in the number one spot. Heresy? Not really -- just commit to doing your best work in the shortest amount of time and skip the non-productive stuff. Put that stuff on your "to don't" list. You'll be creating more leveraging power for yourself when you need it and freeing up time for yourself for a change.

Even if the environment stinks, resist the temptation to be overtly defiant; it won't get you anywhere but out the door. Instead study and model yourself after successful out-of-the-boxers. It's important for your sanity, not to mention your health. You must question, ditch, or at least unlearn ingrained corporatized thinking, especially when it goes against your best instincts, so why not practice on the job? "McThinking" behaviors (doing things like they've always done it) makes you one of the sheep in a crowded field.

To really work or live outside the box you'll need to stop looking to "them" for approval and blessings. Amazing accomplishments are rarely done for anyone's approval but for the doer's own satisfaction. It's better to do what needs to be done and beg forgiveness for the brilliant things that you've accomplished if you need to. Forget about asking permission all the time. Do what you know needs to be done and make sure it generates money or saves money so you're securing your spot until the next reorganization or change. In the meantime you'll be gaining skill and confidence so you can move on gracefully to the next thing.

10 Secrets of Successful Out of The Boxers:
1) They are non-conformists comfortable with who they are and they cultivate their original behavior and thinking. They live without instant approval, because they're ahead of the curve. They listen to their inner authority.

2) They've gained comfort in managing change and can let go. They use discernment and know when to detach and not hold on so tight.

3) They know what's important and what's valuable, and it dictates their life priorities.

4) They are involved with community projects or world affairs that are important and meaningful to them. They offer their time and talents to bigger causes.

5) They stay close to nature or the arts. If they are in cities a park or museum will do.

6) They have a diverse mix of friends, different ages, genders, and ethnicities. They are invigorated and learn from people different from themselves.

7) They're lifelong students, even when they have mastery in one area they're not afraid to be "students" in another area.

8) They have a healthy appreciation and understanding for living dangerously or foolishly but they know the stifling effects of too much security and playing it safe.

9) They get out and add love and joy into their lives. They derive pleasure from poetry, dance, music, gardening, cooking, travel, walking, photography, pets and people. They live fully engaged.

10) They invite sensuality in their lives. They have massages, do movement, give out hugs and kisses generously, or have an animal to pet. Nothing counterbalances stress like touch.

At first it will feel like you're being incredibly self-centered, but I promise it will pass when you see it works.

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