Have you ever been asked to donate to a “Stop Job Stress From Killing Us” walkathon? Maybe besides fundraising for research into diseases like cancer and muscular dystrophy, we should also focus on reversing the damage done by unhealthy work environments. The Atlantic’s recent… Read More ›
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Don’t wait ’til retirement to be happy
It breaks my heart every time I hear someone just biding time until retirement — not only because it’s a waste of the here and now, but also because stories of people who die just as retirement arrives seem a… Read More ›
Are you feeling uninspired going to work today? How can you change that?
It’s nice to have a steady job that pays the bills, but many of us aspire to more. We want to do work that’s engaging, that feels worthwhile and rewarding. A recent Fast Company article included expert advice for a… Read More ›
You’d like to reinvent yourself — but how?
Editor’s note: the previously published version of this post included a link to LinkedInfluence, which resulted in WordPress suspending my blog for several days without notice or explanation, before I got this response from customer support: Can any links to linkedinfluence.com be… Read More ›
Manage your to-do list by doing less, not more
Like many people, it’s easy for me to get caught up in my aspirations for more — a bigger home, more money, greater success. Harvard Business Review‘s article, The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, challenges that. Instead of more [fill in… Read More ›
Reblog from DailyWorth: Saying ‘Yes’ Pays Off
I’ve read many articles about the value of saying yes — but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it in financial terms as clear as this article by Susan Gregory Thomas on Daily Worth: This March when I moved to… Read More ›
How to like your current job more
If you spent Sunday evening dreading the arrival of Monday morning, this post is for you. If you spend eight hours a day at work, not even including time spent commuting or eating lunch, you probably spend more time at… Read More ›
Is the sagging economy leading people to entrepreneurship?
I recall hearing a story years ago that one of the drivers of the technology revolution and dot-com boom was the hard economy of the 1980s — facing shaky job prospects, the best and brightest were more inclined to strike… Read More ›
Going to agriculture summer camp, talking “agvocacy”
I feel a bit like I’m off to summer camp to meet my pen pals. Every Tuesday night, a diverse group of people participate in a Twitter chat using the hashtag #agchat — it’s a moderated online conversation of usually… Read More ›
Edible magazines grew from desire for more from life
Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian didn’t set out to launch a national chain of popular locavore magazines. In fact, even as they began to think they were on to something, multiple people told Ryder and Topalian launching print publications in… Read More ›