Life hacking, time hacking, attention hacking, marketing hacking, and kitchen hacking. It seems we’re all hackers now.

But there’s not enough talk of Bureaucracy Hacking, which I’ll define here as “How to be successful in your job when your company puts up unnecessary barriers.”

In today’s piece, I tell stories from both Star Trek and my job with the Tide brand to make the point that some rules are made to be broken.

In the process of breaking them, you learn a lot about yourself, which ultimately helps you Live Long and Prosper.

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