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In reading the headlines from the New York Times today I saw this: Jobless Rate Hits 7.2%, a 16-Year High
This is very disturbing news, especially if you are one of the 7.2%. It makes me wonder how many people see this as an opportunity vs. a curse.
I remember a lady who I worked with at [...]
I’m OK as long as you’re not
I was reading this blog post by Daniel Pink - the jist is that we feel better when our circumstances match those around us. For example, if you’re laid off, you feel better if those around you are laid off, too. As magnanimous as it may seem to wish another well, the truth is more that [...]
Waiting Is OK
One of the time mastery experts from whom we heard during our recent Time Experts Telesummit talked about the way we are conditioned to react to stimuli. He asked listeners to reflect on how they react to things such as a newly arrived email, a ringing phone, a doorbell, a fire alarm. And I noticed [...]
GraceWorks
I had the privilege of spending some time with the folks at GraceWorks yesterday. As described on their website, GraceWorks was established by Grace Cathedral in San Francisco in partnership with secular resources, and exists to provide job search and career transition support for unemployed and underemployed professionals of the San Francisco Bay Area. GraceWorks [...]
Jamie
I have a client and let’s call him Jamie. Jamie has a job he can’t stand, except for the fact that he is allowed to do it half a world away from the organization’s headquarters. So even though he now rolls his eyes so much during conference calls that he’s in danger of going cross-eyed, [...]
Planning May Be Overrated
I just read a delightful little book by Daniel Pink called Johnny Bunko, The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need. Written in the Japanese comic style of Manga, it strikes me as a career guide for people who hate career guides. And its message is clearly boiled down to 6 key lessons. (And no, I [...]
Running Away
Here’s another Dag Hammarskjold quote that caught my eye:
Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
As I continue to spend time in Texas, I’m thinking of how I left. I graduated from Texas A&M and within a week had moved to Los Angeles – [...]
The Gift of Our Discontent
“The most precious gift God has given to this land is not its great riches of soil and forest and land, but the divine discontent planted deeply in the hearts of the American people.”
–Newspaper editor William Allen White
Political pundit Chris Matthews closed his Sunday show this week with this quote and shared the following about [...]
Big Experiment
I’m conducting a big experiment this month. I’ve decided to put my idea of independent work to the ultimate test, and leave San Francisco to spend a month in Dallas.When I worked for Corporate America, aka ‘the man’, I used to fantasize about being able to take off for extended periods and still earn a [...]
What is Your Why?
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
–Friedrich Nietzsche
In our Time Experts Telesummit today, Dr. Jim Loehr reminded us of this quote as he talked about time—and energy–management. And I immediately wanted to share it with you here on our LICA blog because I think it speaks to why many of [...]