The decorations on your desk say a lot about you and how you think about your job.  If you put a Newton’s Cradle on your desk, for example, people will have no choice but to infer that you’re a sleek, clockwork professional who wastes no momentum.  That’s a nice way to impress business associates, or at least a nice way to entertain your secretary’s kid.  That’s why Newton’s Cradles have become so pervasive in offices that they’ve come to be known as “executive ball clickers.”

I’m a little concerned about what the junk on my desk might say about me as an employee.  People typically aren’t impressed or comforted by my Ron Artest bobblehead, for example.  This stack of empty Lunchables containers probably ought to at least go in the dishwasher before my collection gets any larger, too.  The AIG mousepad?  Yeah, I think I can probably just throw that out.  And I don’t know who this fake doggy-do belongs to. 

You know, I may be beyond the help of an elegant Newton’s Cradle at this point.  Maybe I can convince my boss to just let me work from home.