“Watch your back. Cover your butt.”
“Never completely disrobe in the office.”
“Communication a day keeps boss away.”
“Reread your email before sending it.”
“You’re not learning if you’re comfortable.”

We’re on our final “Six Words About Work” topic, a special contest from SMITH Magazine and Mercer consulting that asks you, in exactly six words, to define four areas of your work life. Challenge #4 is off and running and you’re already having a blast sharing your Six Words on our final topic: “Inspirations: Biggest Lesson I Learned at Work.”

We’ll reward three hardworking six-word scribes (one each from the U.S., UK, and Canada) with a choice of an iPad2 or BlackBerry PlayBook.

This topic’s judge is David Allen, CEO and founder of the David Allen Company, an international productivity training and consulting firm best know for his Getting Things Done book series. He has been called “One of the world’s most influential thinkers” in the field by Fast Company, and named one of the “Top 100 people to follow on Twitter” by PC Magazine. With more 1.3 million followers, it’s easy to see why.

This fourth and final challenge continues through August 27. All entries also are eligible to be part of a special Six Words About Work book we’re publishing later this year. Enter as often as you like (but only on the contest page, not the comments area of this post). You only compete against others from your own country, so, my fellow Americans, let your pals in the UK and Canada know about Six Words About Work.