Work as art
Many of you may know I have a penchant for making images. Every day I have a camera with me. No, not just a camera phone. A REAL camera. The kind you don't check 87 times a day. You just never know when you might experience the trauma
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Work
A collection of 26 issues
Is your future probable or preposterous?
Last week I covered the different work 'models' from which you can create your ideal work life. Maybe it's because I've reached the middle of my 'film', but I'm keenly aware of how fast the time has gone. Or maybe
The evolution of work and power
This week let's look at the different modes of work. Conventional you looks at work as a job. You ask people you meet to spark conversation what they do for work. How's work?, you ask others. Work, work, work. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Employment. Unemployment.
Here at
What's luck got to do with it?
This is a bit of a continuation from last week’s letter as we return to the role of luck in our lives. And also our innate power with more from “The Biggest Bluff.”
That little voice in your head is doing you more harm than you might realize. What
Less certainty. More inquiry.
This week I've been reading Maria Konnikova's The Biggest Bluff in which she goes deep into the Poker world to study decision making. I'm not a gambler and initially wrote off her book as Poker doesn't interest me. However, this snapshot from
Antiscale
This week's letter is a little shorter than most, but touches on something that often gets lost in the never ending quest for 'more'. In the tech world, the mantra is if you're not growing, you're dying. Well, that kinda goes with
Celebrating 100 years of the Job Interview
Thanks for the feedback on last week’s post. It meant the world to me. This week I give you the basic history of the J.O.B. to provide some context for how the concept of how we work is never stagnant.
How work became a job
We all
How to invest without losing
I find it easy to navigate the corporate world. I understand the importance of collaboration and compromise. And the need for patience. I've not worked often for companies in the 'move fast and break things' mode. Whether they were a company on a high-growth path or
Killing Ants
Face it, you're not good enough.
Is that the story you tell yourself?
You know the saying, “you're your own worst critic?”
It's not serving you. I know I've told myself such stories. More than anyone else has told me such stories.
Where have you been all my life?
How many times have you asked that question of something or someone who made you wonder what you did with out it or them? How many people have asked that about you?
If you haven't been asked that question. Or asked that question yourself, then pause for a