A good manager is someone who makes everyone feel like he or she is creative in their work. Because creative work is the most fulfilling work, and we are each capable of that kind of work.
My favorite research on this topic is from John Mirowsky, professor of sociology at University of Texas, Austin.
Mirowsky finds that [...]
ArchivesAll advice on how to manage creative people is awful
Posted to: Fulfillment | Management
August 27th, 2009
 
All-new launch for my company. Hooray!
Posted to: Entrepreneurship | How to blog
August 25th, 2009
My company just launched, all-new, at BrazenCareerist.com. For those of you who have been asking for the past year: "What's your business model?" You can read about it on TechCrunch. If you want the full pitch, you can read the press release, (and you should know that all last week, when I wasn't blogging, I was [...]
4 Reasons traveling is a waste of time
Posted to: Fulfillment
August 17th, 2009
I'm growing sour on travel. I have always disliked it. When I was a kid my parents took us all over Europe and the Caribbean, and it really exhausted me. Now that I'm a grown up, I am better able to articulate why I think travel is a waste of time. Here are four reasons [...]
3 Questions you ask me a lot, about money
Posted to: Money
August 10th, 2009
I don't usually write question and answer columns. (Although I have once or twice before.) I do read every single question that people send me. And these are three questions I've been answering a lot lately.
Workplace situations we don't talk about
Posted to: Managing Up | Office Politics
August 6th, 2009
There are some things about work that are difficult for even me to write about. These are the issues that I have not quite worked out for myself. I wonder if I am normal in these areas? Maybe no one is talking about them, but they are thinking still. And if no one else is [...]
How to find work with a flexible schedule
Posted to: Finding a career | Negotiating
August 4th, 2009
Most of us think of a dream career as one that affords us flexibility for personal relationships and high engagement for personal growth. And while flexible work used to be limited to women, USA Today reports that increasingly, men, too, feel stress from the personal impact of inflexible work. So the question for everyone is: What's the best [...]
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Skateboard class emergency: My Xanax spills into the halfpipe. Too steep for my feet. I have to ask a kid on his board to pick up my pills. 6 days ago
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