Look, your job is hard. Probably one of the hardest in your company. But then again, you are the best and most highly decorated/compensated employee too.
Netflix, What Are You Thinking?
One of my most respected and admired businesses, Netflix, unveiled major changes to their pricing structure. If you are a customer, you probably received an email yesterday announcing the price increase. Netflix just asked me to pay a 33% increase in fees for THE SAME SERVICE. My current package (2 CD's and Streaming Movies) used to cost $14.99 per month — now they want me to pay $19.98 per month.
Why You Hate AND Love Your Email.
Get RUNNING.
3 Tips When Everything Is Failing All Around You.
If You're Not Moving Up, You're Going Down.
Pushing Yourself Farther Than Ever Before.
How To Deal With Very Difficult People.
"What would you think if I sang out of tune?"
Are You Paralyzed At Work?
How To Be More Effective On The Job.
Looking For Light At The End Of The Tunnel.
"When it is dark enough, you can see stars." Received this in a fortune cookie Friday night at our favorite asian restaurant in downtown New Haven (date night with my beautiful wife, Silvia).
After a small amount of research, I found it's attributed to Charles Beard, one of the most influential American historians of the 20th century.
How To Think Creatively.
Hate Your Job? Here's How To Love It.
How much love is there in your life? You probably love your parents, your spouse/partner, your kids . . . but what else do you love?
Do you love any of your friends? Colleagues? Nature? A beautiful day? A good book?
How about work? Do you love it? Hate it? If work was a long spectrum from Totally Love to Uncomfortably Despise, where would you fall on that line?
How To Deal With Pessimists & Obstructionists.
When The Worst Thing You Can Imagine Happens.
3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed.
The One Mistake We All Make.
Why Bad Things Happen When We Least Expect It.
For many years, I felt bad things just happen in our lives. I'm not talking about a sudden death in the family, or a severe illness. That's truly unfortunate. I'm talking about a bad boss, a missed job offer, or a client who got away at the last minute. These are situations thrust into our lives to not only teach us to appreciate the good times, but to also clearly understand something better is probably around the corner.
Motivation Is Your Worst Enemy.
Bosses suck. Motivational speakers are awful. Business books are boring. Your spouse/partner are wrong. I know you sometimes feel this way. I do.
Do you sometimes feel those forces in and around you are just pointing you towards disparate directions? Is it's just too much work to start . . . or if you start, the cavalcade of work will overwhelm you?