Getting laid off, fired or let go in any capacity sucks. It peaks emotions and some folks lose control. Our mental model for life begins breaking down. Our house of cards tumbles down and it’s easy to get overwhelmed with thoughts of, “What am I going to do?” or “I didn’t see this coming.” We… Read More
Jake’s Self Contract
Addressed to: My Future Self I am you, and you are comprised of everything that I am plus what you have become. You have a contract with yourself. You and your life come before work and outside the immediate family obligations. You will not work the long shifts and it will not make you the… Read More
Approaching Major Decisions
It’s essential to know what’s important to us when approaching a major decision like switching careers, changing jobs, or heading into retirement. Do you know what’s key and critical in your life? Have you created a contract with yourself prior to negotiating a contract with a new company? How does your free time or time… Read More
Contracting Yourself
As we mentioned in a previous post, if we don’t use perks at work for our own benefit our jobs will use perks to help us work more and more to their benefit. If we are not careful perks at works can turn us into slaves without our awareness of it. Think about the perks… Read More
An Honest Day’s Work
Just because we show up to work doesn’t mean we work the full day. We all have inefficiencies. There are distractions. There are interruptions that take our focus off the task at hand. In science, there are no methods of work that are 100% effective. The second law of thermodynamics which deals with disorder and… Read More
Business of You 