Would you ever turn down a promotion? Even if it meant more money, more responsibility, and more opportunities to grow? Until recently—I didn’t understand why anyone would pass up a promotion. Why would you turn down a move that’s essentially saying, “OK, great job. You’ve done all you can here. We want you to move [...]
Monthly Archive for April, 2009
Be a More Productive Emailer at Work
Posted in Tips on Apr 28th, 2009
We’ve all been there: you’re sitting at work getting your work done and you get that little pop-up window on the bottom-right of your screen that lets you know someone has sent you an email. You’re tempted to ignore it for now—it’ll interrupt your productivity. But what if it’s something that needs your attention right [...]
The Power of Gradual
Posted in Finance, Motivation, Writing on Apr 27th, 2009
It’s very rare that I get to write a post that applies to both of my interests: money and writing. I’ve managed to get it done before when I wrote about how money legitimizing everything and when I analyzed how much writing pays. But this is another one of those posts where I get to [...]
The above chart tracks the performance of a few things: my waning interest in watching Lost, everyone’s stock portfolio, and finally—the performance of the S&P 500 over the past five years. Now that the panic/fear/delirium has kind of passed and all the talking heads are starting to mention “a bottom” rather than panicking and looking [...]
