Possibly the world’s worst job… Outbound telemarketing Trying to sell something to people over the phone Cold calling It doesn’t have a single thing going for it. Adam Grant studied a group of students who did it for a living. Their job was to raise money for a University. To phone its affluent alumni and […]
Do You Have a Job, a Career or a Calling?
Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski studies people and their jobs. She has created a method of categorising people’s attitude to their work, defining three simple ways by which people see their employment. Is your work… A job, a means to an end, a pay-check? People who think about work this way show up, do what they are […]
Forced Fun: Is it Working Yet?
You must have fun! I worked for an organisation that believed in having fun at work. If you were having fun you were happy and if you were happy you were engaged and if you were engaged you were productive (or so the logic went). To make sure we were all having fun we had […]
Which Instrument Would You Like to Play?
For most people, their most expensive purchase is a house, followed, somewhat distantly, by the cost of a car. I should be so lucky. I live in an inner city. The local free schools hand out certificates in drive by shooting and drug dealing (not strictly true, but let’s not let the truth get in […]
Monday Morning
It is nine-o-clock on Monday morning, you have just sat down at your desk. What goes through your mind? Do you sit and think of all the ways you could out-do yourself? Do you work through and plan out ideas to improve performance? Do you worry about how you are going to be cheaper, faster […]
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