Category: Indie
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Love the Job You Have
Previously, on this site, I’ve shared that I didn’t come to this place in my career easily. Nor did I come into it intentionally, not exactly. If you were to ask me ten years ago where I’d be today I would say something about working for the State Department, doing peacebuilding work. Or I would…
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Build Company Culture – Guerilla Style
Build company culture like you would a grassroots movement – guerilla-style. Now hear me out; Building company culture, to a degree, is up to the employees. It is more of a grassroots effort than most of us believe. A quick Google search shows articles rife with recommendations for leaders to help build up their people. CEO’s…
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Availability Creep ss
Availability Creep Availability creep is my current nemesis, and it’s yours too. As I sit here in my snowy retreat in the woods, I find myself checking – and replying to – my work email. I came here to escape and get away from the hustle of my day-to-day. Yet I keep dragging myself back…
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What are You Doing with Your Life?
Driving into work today, I was listening to a brilliant podcast, Song Exploder. So here I am, breezing down the freeway, looking at the cool, low-hung clouds in a truly unusual foggy Arizona sky, and completely engrossed in Episode 92. The podcast’s founder, Hrishikesh Hirway, gives the stage to the artist at hand, and…
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Grief and Your Job: How to go Back to Work and be Okay ss
Grief is the most common, uncommon thing we all go though. My mother passed away 5 months ago. It was sudden and unexpected. As she was the matriarch of our family – we all lost some internal compass and composure when she died. Since then, we find ourselves all trying to figure out what just…