I was chatting with Joshua Black via his guest post at Men With Pens about my propensity for eavesdropping in coffee shops. But the following story, if you’ll excuse the pun, takes the biscuit. One day during the summer when my brother and nephew were staying with me, Bobby wanted a long lie. Not that…
Category Archives: Authenticity
The Great Work Life Balance Hoax
We all use the term “work life balance” to talk about a major challenging phenomenon. But are you thinking about it in the same way as me? Corporate Concept The term emerged in the 1990s, coined by corporations responding to the challenge of increasing workplace stress on the one hand, and greater social need on…
The Last Summer Holiday You’ll Need?
Did you see the recent research that reckoned it takes only two days back at work for all of the benefits of being on holiday to disappear? How sad is that? Still, it echoes a lot of what I hear and see around me: people completely frazzled ahead of the school holidays, bouyed up by…
Getting Ahead By Not Being A Cliché
Meet Eduard Ezeanu. A regular commentor here on the blog, today he’s giving us some fabulous, tangible advice on how we can be extraordinary. One thing which I find amusing is how most people expect to get out of the ordinary success and satisfaction in their careers, without doing or being themselves out of the…
Here’s How New Work Pioneers Navigate Their Journey
There’s a very real community of people choosing to rewrite the rules of their professional and personal lives. For some that means leaving the corporation to design their own lifestyle. For others it’s about evolving a way of being that allows them to thrive in employed roles. If you’ve been reading this series, you’ll know…
Split Work-Life Personality? Join The Club!
“The schism, the disconnect, that the traditional model of work represents seems neither physically, emotionally nor spiritually healthy. Also, not sustainable. Behavior has to line up with values.” Chrysula Winegar, who wrote the above words, has recently been publishing a beautiful series of posts. In them she takes the often glibly used “Work Life Balance”…
Category Archives: Authenticity
On Family, Work and Just Hanging Out
I was chatting with Joshua Black via his guest post at Men With Pens about my propensity for eavesdropping in coffee shops. But the following story, if you’ll excuse the pun, takes the biscuit. One day during the summer when my brother and nephew were staying with me, Bobby wanted a long lie. Not that…
The Great Work Life Balance Hoax
We all use the term “work life balance” to talk about a major challenging phenomenon. But are you thinking about it in the same way as me? Corporate Concept The term emerged in the 1990s, coined by corporations responding to the challenge of increasing workplace stress on the one hand, and greater social need on…
The Last Summer Holiday You’ll Need?
Did you see the recent research that reckoned it takes only two days back at work for all of the benefits of being on holiday to disappear? How sad is that? Still, it echoes a lot of what I hear and see around me: people completely frazzled ahead of the school holidays, bouyed up by…
Getting Ahead By Not Being A Cliché
Meet Eduard Ezeanu. A regular commentor here on the blog, today he’s giving us some fabulous, tangible advice on how we can be extraordinary. One thing which I find amusing is how most people expect to get out of the ordinary success and satisfaction in their careers, without doing or being themselves out of the…
Here’s How New Work Pioneers Navigate Their Journey
There’s a very real community of people choosing to rewrite the rules of their professional and personal lives. For some that means leaving the corporation to design their own lifestyle. For others it’s about evolving a way of being that allows them to thrive in employed roles. If you’ve been reading this series, you’ll know…
Split Work-Life Personality? Join The Club!
“The schism, the disconnect, that the traditional model of work represents seems neither physically, emotionally nor spiritually healthy. Also, not sustainable. Behavior has to line up with values.” Chrysula Winegar, who wrote the above words, has recently been publishing a beautiful series of posts. In them she takes the often glibly used “Work Life Balance”…
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Category Archives: Authenticity
On Family, Work and Just Hanging Out
I was chatting with Joshua Black via his guest post at Men With Pens about my propensity for eavesdropping in coffee shops. But the following story, if you’ll excuse the pun, takes the biscuit. One day during the summer when my brother and nephew were staying with me, Bobby wanted a long lie. Not that…
The Great Work Life Balance Hoax
We all use the term “work life balance” to talk about a major challenging phenomenon. But are you thinking about it in the same way as me? Corporate Concept The term emerged in the 1990s, coined by corporations responding to the challenge of increasing workplace stress on the one hand, and greater social need on…
The Last Summer Holiday You’ll Need?
Did you see the recent research that reckoned it takes only two days back at work for all of the benefits of being on holiday to disappear? How sad is that? Still, it echoes a lot of what I hear and see around me: people completely frazzled ahead of the school holidays, bouyed up by…
Getting Ahead By Not Being A Cliché
Meet Eduard Ezeanu. A regular commentor here on the blog, today he’s giving us some fabulous, tangible advice on how we can be extraordinary. One thing which I find amusing is how most people expect to get out of the ordinary success and satisfaction in their careers, without doing or being themselves out of the…
Here’s How New Work Pioneers Navigate Their Journey
There’s a very real community of people choosing to rewrite the rules of their professional and personal lives. For some that means leaving the corporation to design their own lifestyle. For others it’s about evolving a way of being that allows them to thrive in employed roles. If you’ve been reading this series, you’ll know…
Split Work-Life Personality? Join The Club!
“The schism, the disconnect, that the traditional model of work represents seems neither physically, emotionally nor spiritually healthy. Also, not sustainable. Behavior has to line up with values.” Chrysula Winegar, who wrote the above words, has recently been publishing a beautiful series of posts. In them she takes the often glibly used “Work Life Balance”…