I Hate Your Job

As some of you may have noticed, my site has been down lately. A lot.
In fact, it’s been down almost the entire day today, most of yesterday, and a huge part of Friday and Saturday as well.
I have been a fan of bluehost.com up to this point, and I’m willing to give […]

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Penelope Trunk has just posted an article entitled, “The Real Deal About Generation Y: They’re Inherently Conservative” to which I’d like to offer a response.
In the article, Penelope expresses her surprise at the results of a set of surveys done by Business Week that reveal that the top 3 “best places to launch a […]

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What’s on your calendar? What’s not?
A friend told me recently, “You can learn a lot about what a man values by looking at his checkbook and his calendar.”
Our calendars tend to be full of work:

Schedule in some value as well including short breaks:

Work on your novel, play with your kids, start a blog, exercise, […]

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When it comes to determining how your life will play out, you have only two options. You will either choose based on impulse or you will choose based on intention. It is impossible not to choose.
For example, if I don’t have a budget, I will spend my money where I am naturally inclined […]

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Do you know anyone that has served our country in the military?
An email I received yesterday from Anita Bruzzese brought my attention to a worthy cause.
Apparently, finding work after a tour in the military may not be as easy as it is for civilians.
Anita writes:
I recently spent nearly an hour talking to Caulfield, an articulate, […]

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What are you afraid of?
Many people equate courage with a set jaw and a steady gaze–being able to suppress a moment of fear and press forward in the face of a threat. When it comes to our careers, however, courage is a steady commitment to maintain perspective and refuse to compromise your principles and […]

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Rennie Sloan, a contributor for Motto Magazine’s blog, published a post about I Hate Your Job yesterday. In it, she writes:
A friend of mine’s 23-year-old son started a web site called www.ihateyourjob.com - his motto is that he hates your job until you love it. The site is geared to help people tolerate, if […]

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Tell me you have something exciting or uncomfortable/difficult that we need to discuss. Tell me that we’ll talk about it several hours from now.
Allow me to stew for several hours. At that point, forget about the meeting and fail to call me into your office. When I remind you, apologize and say […]

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Love the Button. Hate the Button.
Have you ever abused the snooze button?

I meant figuratively. (Artist’s site.)
It’s the button that demands a love-hate relationship. Hit it once and ease into your day. Abuse it and you’ll waste an hour in nine minute bursts of quasi-sleep.
Our obsession with comfort often precludes rational decision making. […]

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Good teachers are a rare breed. Teaching grammar to 13 year-olds isn’t exactly among the top ten most desired careers, yet, there are people with a passion for the subject, a heart for children, and a gift for communication rolled into one.
Unfortunately, these people often wind up spending as much time grading […]

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