Okay, so over-eating makes you dumber, smoking makes you dumber, lack of sleep makes you dumber, unnecessary seriousness makes you dumber, multi-tasking makes you dumber and dumber, email makes you dumber, and meetings make you dumber…
So the dumbest person to work with, or for (in an office setting, anyway), would be a fat smoker who [...]
Are You A Big Fat Idiot?
Peter’s Puritan Principle
The Puritan Work Ethic is a sign value; the perceived difficulty or effort expended in accomplishment of a task, not the outcome of that task, is the measure of the worth or value of the task. Accordingly, something that demands a long period of extreme effort and determination will be worth more than whatever comes [...]
Too Bad They Can’t Extrapolate
Management Issues is running an article about how senior executives in billion-dollar companies are dissatisfied with the work arrangements they have available to them now.
More than half (53 per cent) of those questioned said they have not achieved a satisfactory work-life balance and a similar proportion (46 per cent) felt that their work-life balance had [...]
Preempting The Knee-Jerk Reaction
The fact that I am opposed to the protestant work ethic does not mean that I am opposed to work. Thinking that would be as foolish as assuming that a person who crusades against prostitution is against the idea of sex.
The fact that I believe that Capitalism is not the “end of history” does not [...]
Discovering Your Calling, Or Not.
There is no end to “self-help” and “motivational” literature purporting to help you discover your “true calling” in life; that thing or industry or job that you will be gloriously happy doing and will finally make all of your labors worthwhile. It’s all bunk.
The concept of “a calling” is part and parcel of the Protestant [...]
Work / Play Balance
Okay, so the work/life balance is something I write a good bit about, and seems to be a generally hip topic at the moment, but I never hear anyone talking about the balance between work and play. Why is that?
Multitasking
Multitasking is a very popular idea, a buzzword with wide acceptance, and one of the best ways to waste your time and raise your stress level, both at work and at home.
University of Michigan psychologists demonstrated in a detailed five-year study that multitasking actually makes people less effective at their jobs. Because the human brain [...]
Sad, But Oh So True…
I know it’s an old joke, but for some of us, it rings so true…
NEW COMPANY POLICY STATEMENT:
Sick Days
We will no longer accept a doctor’s statement as proof of sickness. If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.
Personal Days
Each employee will receive 52 personal days a [...]
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