Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
From the “Why I want to quit the day job” files….a former co-worker of mine sent a recent email to me: “Do you have yearly reviews with your manager?” She was about to have her yearly review but voiced some misgivings about the process.
I responded and told that yes, we do have yearly meetings. They [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
If you are like me and work as an Internet Marketer every day, sometimes you just need a break. I work for the man at least 40 hours a week, and I work for myself for at least 20 hours per week, and it starts to add up. It’s not really the hours, but working [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
As a compliment to the post on Becoming Zen, I have a process I’d like to share with you. I keep a written list of long term goals. I keep it in my wallet, and I evaluate it every month or so. These are not ordinary tasks: Paint the back door, clear out the garage. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
I updated my resume today. First time in years, literally. It was painful. Painful on several levels.
First, I didn’t WANT to update the resume. I don’t WANT to look for a new “job”. I want to keep my day job long enough that I can work hard on my outside opportunities and then QUIT MY [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The workplace has become an increasingly frustrating place.
The pressures of outside life, paying for gas or food or education, have come into the workplace. Layoffs by the 10s of thousands are now common place.
The satisfaction of doing a job well has been replaced by disillusionment at seeing greed and ineptitude rewarded.
Is there anything that you [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Once long ago, in a dismal, dirty building with a tin roof left over from WWII, I was being introduced to my new project manager. An exhausted looking woman who was barely able to tear herself away from her computer monitor to greet me in a monotone voice with the following pearl of wisdom: “You [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Einstein must have thought up his theory of relativity while watching the clock in his work place.
I’m sure he thought “MEIN GOTT!!! It is only 3 O’Clock! Time must have slowed down!!!!”
Time management is extremely important if you are planning on quitting your day job.
Now, I’m not going to bore you with some kind of [...]