You won’t change the world
You won’t change the world. You light a fuse in blue-collar Joe who’s had enough. He burns down what you couldn’t torch. You guard the embers. You wait for the next spark.
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The Language of Getting Scammed, Naming the Wreckage, and Leaving It Behind
I needed to get scammed a little, at least once in my life. It didn’t lead to financial ruin, or personality death and public evisceration. Crawling back from that scam transformed into a brutal course.…
THE LIE OF SUCCESS: You Were Not Promoted. You Were Repositioned
Promotions that feel like punishments. “Congratulations. You now get to drown with a better title.” Glen emerged from his military career as a Major. Nice dude. He was surprisingly “unmilitary” in bearing. We reminisced about…
A note to a failing manager. What silence taught me.
Hi David, Today is 22 July, 2002. I want to say something simple. I don’t think you did a good job today. Not as a manager, and also not as someone who wants to grow…
Moving Beyond Defensive Words: Catching those pesky “auditors” off-guard.
https://youtube.com/shorts/eVC2P6VWuCs?si=Nq8p7x5YL8-eV1J1 By the way, Sergeant Baker did quite well! Go check out his responses. Others fail terribly when confronted with a camera.
Talking back to Sunday anxiety: No, the ceiling ain’t collapsing
Yeah, I experience Sunday anxiety because it drills into my mind, saying, “You need to do something now. Why are you resting?” Somewhere, the term linear dread surfaced. It’s an insidious message calling me to…
Blinded by Chrome. Leaving LinkedIn
The bright oncoming headlights blinded me. So much so that I squinted. I couldn’t even retaliate, because the high beams were off and the lights weren’t even angled up. It was just the tech. Similarly,…
Work-Life Balance: That Sad Illusion
Work-life balance is a cliché, and a sad illusion. Most people at work will never truly have it. But once you know that, you can actually do better for yourself. That’s the glimmer of hope.…
Punching down pays, apparently
If you get slammed in the trend where “influencers” are punching down on normal people working and earning a living, get a reply ready. This helps you frame it objectively while working on ways to…
So you can never be happy, and that’s good
HAPPINESS: So you can never be happy, and that’s good. We all chase the idea of happiness. We chase a word. Ask someone to define happiness in clear, universal terms and they’ll stare like a…