So you get an email from someone you know telling you they know someone who’s trying to fill a position doing whatever it is you specialize in and it pays about 80% above the industry average (that’s almost double). You’re not really looking, and you’re happy doing what you’re doing wherever it is you’re doing [...]
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Did you ever really give any thoughts to what “working for yourself” really means? Thinks about it this way: as long as you’re not making a living doing what you love, then you’re still someone else’s bitch. It doesn’t matter if you call it a “job” or a “client,” if it’s what you do to [...]
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If you’ve never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame.– Counting Crows Socrates is reputed to have said that “the unexamined life isn’t worth living.” Now, we can’t be sure that that’s exactly what he said because he never wrote anything down. In fact, everything we have from him was related [...]
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There’s this scene in Thank You for Smoking where the protagonist, a lobbyist and PR hack for big tobacco, is teaching his son how to argue (video below). As an example lures him into a debate over chocolate versus vanilla ice cream, and then segues into a digression about freedom, choice, and liberty. When his [...]
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Guess what: I’m not a mind reader. I have no idea what you’re thinking, and if you don’t tell me, I won’t know what you want. I’m not talking about relationships, here. I’m talking about life. Take business: in business, we have contracts, and these contracts outline the commitments of both parties. Okay, fine… But [...]
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“It may be the Devil or it may be the Lord, but you’re gonna have to serve somebody.” – Bob Dylan You know when you get that request from your boss or a client, and you’re all like “What the f*ck? Really, dude? You need/want me to do that? Are you f*cking retarded?” Well, guess [...]
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So I’m leaving NVI. I’ve been there about 2 years and have had a really good time, but it’s time to move on. No shit, the company has been great to me. The culture there is really down-to-earth and void of a lot of the bullshit office politics you find in so many place. My [...]
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