Career
Six reasons you betray your future self, and how to stop doing it
Saying yes to something new can be hard. Don’t betray your future self by giving in to all the bad reasons and external pressures telling you “no.”
Career
Quiet quitting before it was cool—Counting down to retirement in 1989
When I was 23, I had a coworker who was counting down to retirement. I decided I didn’t want to be him in 20 years, so I made a change. You can, too.
Life
Play and art are important at every age
We spend so much time focusing on achievement, financial success, wealth accumulation, and reputation, we often forget how to include play and art in our lives.
Decisions
The best approach is the one you actually use
You can overpay for the best “solution” to your problem, but if you don’t use it, it’s worthless. The best approach is the one you actually use.
Courage
The death of a future story you’ve been telling yourself
We all tell ourselves stories about our future. Some are our own, and some are forced upon us. It’s always hard to go through the death of a future story.
Career
If you’re quiet quitting, you are part of a long and honored tradition of choosing mediocrity
Quiet quitting has been around since the first boss held the first post-mortem after a failed mammoth hunt. Let’s talk about workforce dropouts instead.
Career
How being 100% certain of your own logic creates unnecessary workplace conflict, and what you can do about it
Unnecessary workplace conflict is often the result of people digging in to entrenched positions. Here’s how to disentrench and seek solutions.
Career
Take control of your career by not doing the things you already aren’t doing
If you feel guilty about always feeling behind schedule, take control of your career and stop doing all those things you’re already not doing.
Life
This post, like me, will start out strong but struggle through the middle, gasping its way to the finish
Life isn’t a marathon or a sprint. It’s a series of sprints, jogs, saunters, rests, backtracks, and wrong turns. Start out strong but stick with it.