Beyond the Rhetoric

Many people falsely assume that they would be happiest with a job that pays the most money. This almost makes sense, because it is with money that we can go on vacations and buy fun toys. However, money is far from the only part of the happiness at work equation. In fact, it’s actually a [...]

Last month, there was a Dilbert comic strip that I thought was particularly compelling. In it, evil CEO Catbert says that the company is no longer going to use the term “work-life balance.” This is because it implies that the “life” part is important. Instead, he says that the term will be replaced with “work-life [...]

There are only so many hours in the day and you likely don’t want to be spending all of them sitting at your desk, bashing away at that keyboard until the right words come out. Some people will say that it’s a good problem to have when you are faced with a large workload. It [...]

After writing yesterday’s post on how I got started with freelance writing, I quietly reflected on some of the career choices I’ve made along the way. It’s not like I got into this business by accident, per se, but it wasn’t exactly an aspiration that I had growing up as a child. And so, I [...]

Yes, the title to today’s blog post was heavily inspired by a certain song from the 1980s, but I feel that the core message behind the title is even more relevant today. As I’m sure you’ve already noticed, most of us spend the lion’s share of our days working. That seems like the nature of [...]