Beyond the Rhetoric

Whether you work from home as a freelance writer like me or you hold a more conventional office job, finding and maintaining a sense of motivation can be quite the challenge. The technique that may have worked for you in the past may no longer be very effective with keeping you on task. Some strategies, [...]

I wish I could afford to have dinner at the swankiest restaurant in town. I wish I didn’t have to endure the hour-long commute to the office every morning. I wish my life was easier and not filled with all these stresses, concerns, and problems. Do any of these statements sound familiar? Do you find [...]

Reminder: My contest to win E3 Expo 2009 swag, including a copy of Battlefield 1943, ends tomorrow morning. Have you entered? As you make your way through life, there are many different paths that you can choose to take. Some of these will look like the fast track to success, cutting corners where you can [...]

I’ve stated many times before on this blog that life is what you make of it and that it’s all about perspective. It’s up to you decide whether the glass is half-full, half-empty, or full of potential. Taking this idea of fresh viewpoints and new ways to look at old things, I decided to dedicate [...]

As I was reading Saving the World at Work by Tim Sanders last night, I came across an interesting statistic. (This is on page 136, if you’re reading along at home.) According to a recent Gallup poll, 70 percent of American workers hate their jobs. Seventy percent. And the primary sources of this misery? Anonymity, [...]