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Posted in Happiness, Jobs, Motivation on Jan 13th, 2012
Had an interesting conversation with some co-workers the other day. I was trying to gauge how much money it would take for people to take a job that’s traditionally frowned upon. I’m curious to hear what other people think. Here’s the scenario: Would you take a job at a fast-food restaurant (assuming you aren’t in [...]
Posted in entrepreneurship, Motivation on Jan 3rd, 2011
Setting a goal is easy—everyone does it. Just look at how packed gyms are in January: all those people have set a goal to stop being so fat and lazy in the new year. Too bad most of them fail. Setting SMART goals, however, is the difference between getting things done and failing. SMART is [...]
Posted in Motivation, Psychology on Dec 30th, 2010
I’ve played baseball my whole like and from very early on I knew the kind of player I was: a contact hitter with pretty good speed. I usually hit leadoff and I bunted a lot—homeruns were not my thing. One day when I was in my twenties, a new Cuban coach said something surprising: You [...]
Posted in Jobs, Motivation on Oct 7th, 2010
I used to be in publishing—I don’t know why. But instead of dealing with authors trying to get their brilliant manuscripts into print, I wound up laying out catalogs that included a whole bunch of B-level titles about stuff like crocheting and how to get your kid to stop wetting his bed (Waking Up Dry). [...]
