The Rise of the Creative Service Worker | Think Tank | Big Think.
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Why Idleness Is the Best Investment You Can Make
In today’s Western culture, we mistake productivity for the appearance of productivity. The frantic attentiveness to smartphones which characterizes corporate ambition, for example, is a display of how hard someone is working, not an actual measure of their productivity.
via Why Idleness Is the Best Investment You Can Make | IdeaFeed | Big Think.
I am not doing very much today so that I can be more productive.
How to Rewire Your Brain For Success
In neuroscience, the previous prevailing belief had been that the adult human brain is essentially “hardwired,” so that by the time we reach adulthood we are stuck with what we have. Now we understand that the adult brain retains impressive powers of “neuroplasticity”—the ability to change its structure and function in response to experiences real or imagined.
via How to Rewire Your Brain For Success | Experts’ Corner | Big Think.
Luck v. Skill – Finding Success as an Expert Witness in Life Underwriting
Economist’s View: Luck vs. Skill.
Here’s a nice blog post to get your cognitive processes started on this fine Sunday morning. Success – luck or skills and hard work? This is a topic I’ve been thinking a lot about recently. Unlike other missives I will purposely avoid politics. To me,the answer is quite simple.
Both.
I work hard and have worked hard for a very long time to achieve success. But at the same time, I recognize and appreciate how luck is as crucial a factor to success as skill and hard work. Think about it.
Ten Reasons Winners Keep Winning, Aside from Skill – Rosabeth Moss Kanter – Harvard Business Review
Winners gain ten important advantages as a result of victory — and that smart leaders can cultivate and build on these advantages to make the next success possible.
via Ten Reasons Winners Keep Winning, Aside from Skill – Rosabeth Moss Kanter – Harvard Business Review.
You Can’t Do Your Job if You Don’t Sleep
You Can’t Do Your Job if You Don’t Sleep – Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review.
I’m going to be more productive today. I’m taking a nap.
Why Good People Can’t Find Jobs – Part 2
The sad truth is that it’s costly and risky to hire anyone to do anything, and “bankable projects” that might generate profit/require more labor are few and far between. The overhead costs for employees have skyrocketed. So even though the wages employees see on their paychecks have stagnated, the total compensation costs the employer pays have risen substantially.
via charles hugh smith-Dear Person Seeking a Job: Why I Can’t Hire You.
Go read this article. There are quite a few insightful observations.
Steven Pressfield – The Lunch Pail Manifesto
The Lunch Pail Manifesto
- We must find the work that brings our lives meaning.
- We must strive to make our work purposeful, truthful, and authentic, a pure offering to our Muse and fellow human beings.
- We must wage a lifelong war with Resistance and accept that instant gratification is an oxymoron.
- We must not speak of our work with false modesty or braggadocio.
- We must not debase our work for short term gain nor elevate it above its rightful station to inflate our ego.
- We must not covet the fruits of our work, or the fruits of others’ work.
- We must respect others’ work and offer aid to fellow professional laborers.
- We must accept that our work will never be perfect.
- We must accept that our work will never be without merit.
- We must accept that our work will never cease.
via Standing 8 Count | Black Irish Books | Get In the Ring!.
Scary Chart of the Day – 06.24.2012
I am part of the green line. Click through below for an excellent analysis.
Can It Get Any Worse?
32 applicants so far…for $10k a year!
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