I Hate Your Job

If you wanted to quit your job tomorrow, could you do it?
My friend David is in a job that he absolutely loathes. David is a smart, young guy who landed a pretty lucrative first job, yet now that he’s been working there for a year, he’s realized that he’s made some poor choices when […]

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It’s always tough to watch someone you love go through something difficult. If your spouse truly hates his or her job, you will want desperately to be able to help.
Here are some effective ideas for how to do just that.

Encourage them to make a change: It is easy to get in a rut with […]

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Traffic was disappointingly light on the way back from lunch, and I found myself back in the parking lot. I turned the car off, was still for a moment, then stepped outside.
I don’t want to be here. I looked at my feet, watching the motion of the ground as I walked toward the […]

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Most of us have our eye on a dream job that we’d like to have, and if we’re serious about it, we’re already doing something to make that a reality.
Talking with the people who have that dream job already is a good idea if you know how to do it. Usually, those people have […]

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My Story
As the author of this site, I’ve kept my personal story out of the content for the most part. For a while, I even tried to hide my age for fear of being dismissed as too young. On top of that, I didn’t see my story as being all that relevant […]

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1. Find a friend with similar problems.
2. Give advice.
3. Apply to self.

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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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Do you realize that the average person spends more time planning a vacation than they spend planning their life?
As with that vacation, if you don’t spend time deciding where to go and how to get there in life, you’ll probably just roam around.
Creating a personal mission statement will help you decide what is important to […]

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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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Pete Johnson at Nerd Guru wrote a great post a little while ago that Dan Sweet at FRACAT brought to my attention today.
Pete writes about Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Larry David, two of the prominent forces behind the success of Seinfeld. Julia starred as Elaine and Larry was essentially the co-creator of the […]

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