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Repair and Remain: How to do the slow, hard, good work of staying put by Kurt Armstrong Let’s say time comes to gut and renovate your bathroom: I can help you with that—demolition, framing, reworking the plumbing, moving some electrical, … Continue reading →

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Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work – The Marginalian [Shared] Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and...
Building a Creativity Kanban via Will Patrick [Shared] Building a Creativity Kanban via Will Patrick [Shared] To get...
Start with the Jar: How to understand your capacity via Turtle’s Pace [Shared] Start with the Jar: How to understand your capacity via...

The 4 Types of Luck by Sahil Bloom The 4 Types of Luck In 1978, a neurologist named Dr. James Austin published a book entitled Chase, Chance, & Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty. In it, Dr. Austin proposed that … Continue reading →

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Employees Are Sick of Being Asked to Make Moral Compromises via Harvard Business Review [Shared] Employees Are Sick of Being Asked to Make Moral Compromises...
Managing people 🤯via Andreas Klinger [Shared] Managing people 🤯 | Andreas Klinger Photo by Marvin Meyer...
The Art of Finishing via Bytedrum [Shared] A concept for life in genreal, not just coding. –...

Start with the Jar: How to understand your capacity via Turtle’s Pace Optimism is dangerous, especially when it comes to planning our goals. If we underestimate the effort of an endeavor, we set ourselves up for failure. When we fail … Continue reading →

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Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work – The Marginalian [Shared] Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and...
After COVID-19: A little blue sky thinking for a post-COVID19 world Ok, a little “blue sky” thinking for a time when...
Feeling unfulfilled or stuck at work? 3 ways to help you get unstuck via Ideas.Ted.Com [Shared] Feeling unfulfilled or stuck at work? 3 ways to help...

How To Be More Intelligent 101 via Nicholas Bate 1. Read staggering amounts, regularly returning to the classics both fiction and non-fiction. 2. Write your own notes of your daily learnings aiming for super concise summaries. In that way you … Continue reading →

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Video: Use Leadership to Build the Life You Deserve from “A Year of Leadership” From “A Year of Leadership” – Career Opportunities Podcast with...
Don’t be the employee that everyone wishes would just retire from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] Don’t be the employee that everyone wishes would just retire...
Building a Creativity Kanban via Will Patrick [Shared] Building a Creativity Kanban via Will Patrick [Shared] To get...

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber Full text of book is available in several formats on the web page. In the spring of 2013, I unwittingly set off a very minor international sensation. It all began when I was … Continue reading →

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Thinking About “The Great Resignation”? — Find your next career with “Career Compass: Finding Your Career North” Are you looking to become a part of “The Great...
Feeling unfulfilled or stuck at work? 3 ways to help you get unstuck via Ideas.Ted.Com [Shared] Feeling unfulfilled or stuck at work? 3 ways to help...
Be A Thermostat, Not A Thermometer via Lara Hogan [Shared] Be A Thermostat, Not A Thermometer via Lara Hogan [Shared]...

A concept for life in genreal, not just coding. – Douglas The Art of Finishing via Bytedrum “It’s a quiet Saturday afternoon. I’ve carved out a few precious hours for coding, armed with a steaming cup of coffee and the … Continue reading →

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Employees Are Sick of Being Asked to Make Moral Compromises via Harvard Business Review [Shared] Employees Are Sick of Being Asked to Make Moral Compromises...
Feeling unfulfilled or stuck at work? 3 ways to help you get unstuck via Ideas.Ted.Com [Shared] Feeling unfulfilled or stuck at work? 3 ways to help...
Noted: Journaling at the End of the Day Could Increase Your Productivity via Lifehacker Journaling at the End of the Day Could Increase Your...

Be A Thermostat, Not A Thermometer via Lara Hogan [Shared] As I’ve learned more about how humans interact with one another at work, I’ve been repeatedly reminded that we are very easily influenced by the mood of those around us. … Continue reading →

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Employees Are Sick of Being Asked to Make Moral Compromises via Harvard Business Review [Shared] Employees Are Sick of Being Asked to Make Moral Compromises...
Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work – The Marginalian [Shared] Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and...
Building a Creativity Kanban via Will Patrick [Shared] Building a Creativity Kanban via Will Patrick [Shared] To get...

Building a Creativity Kanban via Will Patrick [Shared] To get more creative work done, think like a car manufacturer. A system for optimising the creative process and breaking through your barriers. Always Be Shipping Have you made anything lately? Have … Continue reading →

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Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work – The Marginalian [Shared] Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and...
Managing people 🤯via Andreas Klinger [Shared] Managing people 🤯 | Andreas Klinger Photo by Marvin Meyer...
Overwhelm: The Survival Guide by Leo Babauta [Shared] Overwhelm: The Survival Guide by Leo Babauta Feeling overwhelmed with work...

Employees Are Sick of Being Asked to Make Moral Compromises via Harvard Business Review Summary. Moral injury is experienced as a trauma response to witnessing or participating in workplace behaviors that contradict one’s moral beliefs in high-stakes situations and … Continue reading →

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Respect yourself and those around you — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] Respect yourself and those around you — from the Career...
Managing people 🤯via Andreas Klinger [Shared] Managing people 🤯 | Andreas Klinger Photo by Marvin Meyer...
Motivational art from Gapingvoid Art and Hugh MacLeod I am not usually a great consumer of traditional motivation...

Feeling unfulfilled or stuck at work? 3 ways to help you get unstuck via Ideas.Ted.Com [Shared] Today, so many of us are wishing to safeguard ourselves — and our careers — against uncertainty. But how do we do this in … Continue reading →

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Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work – The Marginalian [Shared] Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and...
Video: Don’t be a cog in the machine from Career Compass with Douglas E. Welch Don’t be a cog in the machine from Career Compass...
Archive: Don’t be a groundhog Don’t be a groundhog By Douglas E. Welch Listen to...

Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work – The Marginalian “A great interview does something else, too. A great touches the nucleus of being and potential, untouched by the forces of time and change. One … Continue reading →

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Books on Hold: Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future Books on Hold is a blog series dedicated to books I...
Why Tacit Knowledge is More Important Than Deliberate Practice via Commonplace – The Commoncog Blog [Shared] Why Tacit Knowledge is More Important Than Deliberate Practice –...
Career Tips – A collection of tips recently shared on the @careertips Twitter feed Here is a collection of career tips recently shared on...

Overwhelm: The Survival Guide by Leo Babauta Feeling overwhelmed with work and personal tasks is one of the biggest problems that the people I work with are facing. It turns out, our lives can be pretty overwhelming. There’s so much to … Continue reading →

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News: SBA Upgrades Podcasting for Small Business Owners In the CareerCamp Online talk with Andrea McClain, she mentioned...
Managing people 🤯via Andreas Klinger [Shared] Managing people 🤯 | Andreas Klinger Photo by Marvin Meyer...
2012 Gift Guide: Tribes by Seth Godin Tribes by Seth Godin Seth Godin’s newest book, Tribes, touches...

How to Make Smart Decisions Without Getting Lucky – Farnam Street Few things will change your trajectory in life or business as much as learning to make effective decisions. Yet no one really teaches us what it means to make … Continue reading →

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Managing people 🤯via Andreas Klinger [Shared] Managing people 🤯 | Andreas Klinger Photo by Marvin Meyer...
Thinking About “The Great Resignation”? — Find your next career with “Career Compass: Finding Your Career North” Are you looking to become a part of “The Great...
Why Tacit Knowledge is More Important Than Deliberate Practice via Commonplace – The Commoncog Blog [Shared] Why Tacit Knowledge is More Important Than Deliberate Practice –...

Managing people 🤯 | Andreas Klinger Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash I believe almost all first-time founders burn out their first employees as they learn how to manage groups of people. If this advice helps avoid a few cases, … Continue reading →

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Why Tacit Knowledge is More Important Than Deliberate Practice via Commonplace – The Commoncog Blog [Shared] Why Tacit Knowledge is More Important Than Deliberate Practice –...
Remote work, innovation, and the Great Resignation via Vox [Shared] Will the pandemic fundamentally change the nature of work? We...
I Like This – October 3, 2011 A collection of career items I found interesting this week....

Will the pandemic fundamentally change the nature of work? We can hope so, but the pull of the status quo is strong. — Douglas Remote work, innovation, and the Great Resignation – Vox Employees want to work from home. Their … Continue reading →

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Thinking About “The Great Resignation”? — Find your next career with “Career Compass: Finding Your Career North” Are you looking to become a part of “The Great...
Acquisitions from the first post-Covid trip to the garden center...
Career Conversation: Jennifer Oliver O’Connell of Tuesdays with Transitioners Career Conversation: Jennifer Oliver O’Connell of Tuesdays with Transitioners Douglas...

Why Tacit Knowledge is More Important Than Deliberate Practice – Commonplace – The Commoncog Blog I want to spend an essay talking about tacit knowledge, and why I think it is the most interesting topic in the domain of skill … Continue reading →

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The False Theory of Idea Scarcity – Phil McKinney – Innovation Mentor and Coach [Shared] I have been listening to Phil McKinney for years via...
Thinking About “The Great Resignation”? — Find your next career with “Career Compass: Finding Your Career North” Are you looking to become a part of “The Great...
Noted: Op-Ed: America, say goodbye to the Era of Big Work via The Los Angeles Times Noted: Op-Ed: America, say goodbye to the Era of Big...

I have been listening to Phil McKinney for years via his Killer Innovations podcast and he never fails to illuminate creativity topics. — Douglas The False Theory of Idea Scarcity – Phil McKinney – Innovation Mentor and Coach “The world … Continue reading →

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Fire Me Now, I beg you! – great blog post and discussion I came across this very interesting blog post and discussion...
Production, Promotion and Being Proactive in your Career from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio/Video] Production, Promotion and Being Proactive in your Career from the...
Free Kindle version – The On-Purpose Person by Kevin W. McCarthy Mentioned on Seth Godin’s Domino Project blog today. Download your copy...

Are you looking to become a part of “The Great Resignation” and find a new career? Wouldn’t you love to have a magical compass to lead you through your life? One that would always show you the right answers on … Continue reading →

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Video: Thinking about the present from Career Compass: Finding Your Career North with Douglas E. Welch Thinking about the present from Career Compass: Finding Your Career...
Video: We all have a Career Compass from Career Compass: Finding Your Career North with Douglas E. Welch We all have a Career Compass from Career Compass: Finding...
New Booklet: Career Compass: Finding Your Career North I have just released a new booklet in Amazon Kindle...

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On Pricing Yourself from Career Opportunities via TIkTok [Video] Good call looking for salary comparisons. Do not underprice yourself,...
Why we ( should be) sharing our art, products, expertise, etc. via TikTok [Video] @douglaswelch Why we ( should be) sharing our art, products,...
On Managing Your Career from Career Opportunities via TikTok [Video] @douglaswelch Career Opportunities: Do what is best for YOU in...

Good call looking for salary comparisons. Do not underprice yourself, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel. — Douglas @douglaswelch ##stitch with @mirandathehybrid Good call looking for salary comparisons. Do not underprice yourself, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel. … Continue reading →

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On Managing Your Career from Career Opportunities via TikTok [Video] @douglaswelch Career Opportunities: Do what is best for YOU in...
On Pricing via TikTok [Video] @douglaswelch Career Opportunities: Pricing ##entrepreneur ##business ##money ##advice ##career ♬...
On discount request up front from Career Opportunities with Douglas E. Welch [Video] @douglaswelch On discount request up front – Career Opportunities with...