The most common criticism of my blog (which has 60,000 subscribers) is that I write controversial headlines just to get traffic. I usually ignore this criticism because it’s so ignorant. But today I’m going to tell you why writing controversial headlines just to be controversial is totally stupid.
There is no formula for a wildly popular [...]
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December 27th, 2010
How to make life more interesting
Posted to: Fulfillment | Productivity
December 15th, 2010
This is a guest post from Fabian Kruse. His blog is The Friendly Anarchist. 5 Reasons to stop trying to be happy
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November 30th, 2010
I have been spending my days with Jehovah’s Witnesses. I had to replace my house manager from Madison, and people told me that I should put an ad on the grocery-store bulletin board. That’s how people get jobs where I live now. So I did that. I got two responses. Veteran's Day should be cancelled
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November 10th, 2010
Both WWII veterans I’ve known personally have largely ignored Veteran’s Day. But I never thought about it, really. I thought it was a holiday for them, not me. Lately, though, I think I do have an opinion. I think there is plenty wrong with Veteran’s Day. 4 Twitter tips no one will give you
September 28th, 2010
I think it’s time for me to address the fact that I have 56,000 followers on Twitter but I have tweeted only 500 times. If I were an aging rock star or philandering basketball player, this might not be remarkable. But I’m basically a normal person. What are we working for, really?
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September 22nd, 2010
I told the farmer I wanted a horse. Lesson from LeBron James: How to decide when to relocate
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July 9th, 2010
You don't need to be a basketball fan to know that LeBron James has been deciding if he should stay with his current team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, or move to another, more winning team. ESPN set aside an hour-long special episode for James to announce that he's going to the Miami Heat. Five tips for asking better questions
Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment
May 6th, 2010
Now that I am committed to living on a farm which is sort of the anti-New York City, visiting New York City no longer brings up flashbacks to a really, really difficult lifestyle. Instead, New York fills my head with ideas. How to find the most fulfilling careers
Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment
March 14th, 2010
Thanks to dating sites, we have a great way to gather data about the human condition without having to write grant proposals to the National Science Foundation. I first became aware of this bastion of data when OK Cupid announced that older women benefit from showing cleavage in their photos, but younger women don't. I immediately [...] The biggest triumph is getting out of bed
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March 9th, 2010
Psychology Today did an interview with me. It was about my most triumphant moments in my life, and how I overcame obstacles to get there. I knew immediately that the interview was going to be a disaster, so I told them I wanted to do the interview written, rather than on the phone. How to be more creative at work
Posted to: Fulfillment | How to blog
February 18th, 2010
My current favorite blogger is Dave Portnoy at Barstool Sports. (Not safe for work.) His topic, as far as I can tell, is smut and snobbery. I think that even though my blog is pointed at the intersection of life and work, I wish it were at the intersection of smut and snobbery. Because I am [...] Test: Is your life happy or interesting?
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February 16th, 2010
The culmination of my four-year obsession with happiness research is that I think people need to choose between an interesting life or happy life. (Note: This does not mean you are interesting or not interesting. I am talking about what values guide your decision making.) I think the things that make life happy have to do [...] Being an expert takes time, not talent
January 28th, 2010
I've been walking around with the July/August 2007 issue of the Harvard Business Review constantly, for close to three years. Sometimes, if I’m getting on a plane, I’ll put it with the other heavy stuff into my luggage, and then get it out later. When my last car broke down in the middle of an [...] Do you overemphasize happiness?
Posted to: Fulfillment | Knowing yourself
January 14th, 2010
I think I’m over the happiness thing. I think I am thinking that the pursuit of happiness is, well, vacuous. I don’t think people are happy or unhappy. Because I think knowing if we are happy would require knowing the meaning of life, or the ultimate goal, or the key to the world, or something [...] Popular posts of 2009. Sort of.
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December 28th, 2009
It’s the time of year when I list my top posts of 2009. When I first started doing this top-posts-of-the-year thing, I felt obligated to actually give you the real version of what was most popular. Now I don’t feel so obligated. Leverage the advantages of being an introvert at work
November 30th, 2009
The workplace is set up to reward extroverts. For example, ENTJs make up only 3% of the population but they comprise a wide majority of the world's CEOs. The bias against introverts in American society is well documented, including research that shows that a spot on the cheerleading team foreshadows career success much more reliably [...] This is what it looks like to have a hard time making a change
Posted to: Fulfillment | Knowing yourself
November 20th, 2009
Some days I look through old posts, reminding myself of posts that I've written that I like and that I should link to. Often, this process serves to let me procrastinate writing while pretending to be engaged in writing. If I were a body builder, this would be me looking in the mirror instead of [...] We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs
Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment
October 30th, 2009
My ex-husband worked in the nonprofit sector for a while. And you know what? He rarely got health insurance. At one point, we were completely stressed out about not being insured, and he asked his boss what everyone else was doing, and she said, “Can’t you get insurance from your spouse? That’s what we do.” How to deal with doubt: Take a leap
Posted to: Fulfillment | Parenting
October 22nd, 2009
The farmer broke up with me five times the first five months we were together, last year. So I learned that he had huge commitment issues. All career issues are religious issues. Maybe.
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September 28th, 2009
I starting to think that the most effective preparation for a good career is religion. |
Super Bowl Sunday coup: Times Sqare is empty, which inspires me to try to get last-minute tickets to The Lion King. Orchestra seats! Score! 2 days ago
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