14 hours agoThe baby shower as office perk, eh?Saw this screenshot in an article about the erosion of workplace loyalty, a topic I’ve written about a gazillion times but never in an influential-ish place like Wharton’s website. The bottom of the screenshot I agree with — when trust is gone, people leave; that applies to marriages and relationships…Work3 min read
15 hours agoThe rise of the douchebagsI live in Texas, but I’m actually fairly liberal. In general, like most of us, I also don’t enjoy douchebags. They seem to be everywhere these days, though. Driven by deification of the workaholic and the myth of the high achiever, we’ve come to believe you must be a hard-charger…Masculinity4 min read
17 hours agoPerfectionism will destroy us allFrom data based on 41,641 American, Canadian, and British college students: Between 1989 and 2016, college students’ levels of self-oriented, socially prescribed, and other-oriented perfectionism all increased by statistically significant amounts. …Work3 min read
17 hours agoIs education now lip-service?We’ve been talking about the importance of education since virtually the beginning of time. Is the idea waning, though? Hopefully not, but it might be. Let’s walk through the importance of education and its shifting narrative. This is a blog post. It’s meant to be somewhat brief, and there have…Education5 min read
21 hours agoIs it really “pro-life,” though? Don’t you need to care about the kid when born?That tweet response, and this article, do a good job of underlining the hypocrisy in the whole “pro-life” game (and yes, there’s hypocrisy on both sides). Much like work is largely about control, the pro-life movement is largely about control as well — it’s a trope now to say “of…Pro Life4 min read
1 day agoThe work week is a contextual jokeI’ve written about the standard western world work week a few dozen times by this point. I’ll sprinkle some of those links later on in this post. Here’s the basic deal with the work week: it makes absolutely no sense. In July 2016, about 125.51 million people in the United…Work6 min read
1 day agoWhat if we taught managers that failure happens, and it’s OK sometimes?I was just doing some research on keywords around management skills — seems like something I discuss often — and the volume on searches is higher than you’d think (about 1,900/month), yet every article that’s popular around management skills is complete bullshit and fluff. My site isn’t great for SEO…Work5 min read
1 day agoStop being boring when you meet new peopleOne of the most amazing things about humanity/networking would be this: almost everyone leads with “So, what do you do?” Despite the fact that you will be asked that question probably 8,000+ times in your life, many people (myself included) do not have a good answer for said question. I…Networking3 min read
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1 day agoCommand and control management styles literally can kill peopleThat headline was a little bit drastic re: command and control management, so let’s kind of outline the steps before we reach the conclusion. First off, you need to know what “command and control” management is. Usually it refers to a very “old school” type of management, although in reality…Work5 min read