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Career Crossroad

August 22, 2009 By Clare Leave a Comment

Good advice from Jonathan Fields’ Firefly Manifesto: Remixed (on ChangeThis.com)…

Try this career choice standard on for size.

Will this choice allow me to: spend the greatest amount of time; absorbed in activities and relationships that fill me up; while surrounding myself with people I cannot get enough of; and earning enough to live comfortably in the world?

I like the simplicity and clarity of this ‘standard’. Definitely prompts some reflection about what’s important and how often our career choices (or any life choices for that matter) can be skewed by over-emphasising one aspect (eg. money, prestige etc) over others.

I first heard about Jonathan when I listened to a podcast of his 2009 SXSW presentation, ‘Career Renegade: How To Make A Great Living Doing What You Love’.  Worth a listen…

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Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule

July 28, 2009 By Clare Leave a Comment

(via kottke.org)

I really identified with this article. Currently I find myself working on the ‘manager’s schedule’ during the week, and the ‘maker’s schedule’ on weekends (the only time when I can work uninterupted for blocks of time). I seem unable to integrate my ‘making’ into my standard working hours as they are currently scheduled. Will need to think about what changes I can make to devote specific blocks of time to each ‘schedule’ and reduce the conflict between the two.

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The most valuable gift you can give your employees

July 11, 2009 By Clare Leave a Comment

The most valuable gift you can give your employees is permission to fail.

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Unleashing Employee Creativity

June 26, 2009 By Clare Leave a Comment

Suggestion box not working? A novel way of getting employees involved in generating new product ideas…

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