I really love this post from Farnam Street. In a few short paragraphs, it: Asserts that the people that we… Read more “The people we surround ourselves with matter.”
Category: Work
How much of your time is spent consuming things other people made versus making your own?
…and how are you going to stop the bleeding? Let’s say that the person you love the most has just been… Read more How much of your time is spent consuming things other people made versus making your own?
“We have more freedom now to choose our careers than at any point in history”
Why following your passion isn’t the best advice and why you’re better off finding working that’s engaging: What we’ve found… Read more “We have more freedom now to choose our careers than at any point in history”
“The rise of monopolies hurts the middle class by taking away from people the ability to run their own businesses, and sell their own labor in the open market”
Economists are still trying to hash out how the country got to this place, where so many jobs pay less,… Read more “The rise of monopolies hurts the middle class by taking away from people the ability to run their own businesses, and sell their own labor in the open market”
“There’s no good name for this phenomenon of a middle class imploding while economies nominally ‘grow.'”
Good read on business’ responsibility to create work, not just profit, in order to prevent future Brexits: To prevent such… Read more “There’s no good name for this phenomenon of a middle class imploding while economies nominally ‘grow.'”
“The optimistic view is that it’s still morning in America, and if we fix what’s wrong, the best is yet to come”
Where did our optimism go? This piece by Gregg Easterbrook (emphasis mine) attempts to explain: Social media and cable news,… Read more “The optimistic view is that it’s still morning in America, and if we fix what’s wrong, the best is yet to come”
“while closing the gate can ensure stability and the status quo (for now), it rarely leads to growth”
Some great questions to ponder for your organization or business: Do outsiders get the benefit of the doubt? Do we… Read more “while closing the gate can ensure stability and the status quo (for now), it rarely leads to growth”
“The pleasure lies partly in flow, in the process of losing oneself in a puzzle with a solution on which other people depend”
Thought-provoking meditation on work (linked below): …a circularity threatens to overtake my point: to build my career is to make… Read more “The pleasure lies partly in flow, in the process of losing oneself in a puzzle with a solution on which other people depend”
The Case for Hiring the Best People Wherever They Live…and Allowing Them to Work Remotely
This post from Harvard Business Review beautifully illustrates the benefits of allowing employees to work remotely: The company benefits. Removing location as… Read more The Case for Hiring the Best People Wherever They Live…and Allowing Them to Work Remotely
Don’t Get a Job. Get Work…
…Stop punching the clock. And get to work! In the past 25 years, real income has gone from $36,000 to $33,000… Read more Don’t Get a Job. Get Work…
Kevin Hoskins 