The Meaning Of A Creative Life

What do you have cooking on your stove? By Jim Calder I was feeling burned out a bit today. I had a chat conversation with a friend who laid it flat out for me. I am a workaholic or on a clear path to becoming one. A huge amount of what I do, he considers [...]

Finding The Fountain of Youth: My Personal Beatlemania

By Robert J. Ottaviani Beatlemania 1964 I’ve just seen THE BEATLES. I’ve just seen THE BEATLES. I watched them stride on stage one-by-one sporting their trademark dark pegged pants tucked neatly inside their Beatle boots while a neatly tailored buttoned suit coat with a nehru collar framed their slender shoulders while wagging their mopped haired [...]

How Much Grounding Is Good?

Distinguishing Your Work from Your Life By Jack Clifford We are naturally grounded. We are taught that dreaming can be bad, dangerous and if you dream too much it will hold you back in life. Our parents, family and friends have bought into the system, and thus if we don’t follow along something is wrong. [...]

Not A Dream part 2

THIS IS NOT THE DREAM The Working From Home Lifestyle Revolution By Jim Calder Continued: Are You Ready? Ask yourself the following: 1) Are you dedicated enough to stay productive and motivated in the home office? 2) Are you prepared to always be available during the 9-5 hours for emergency emails, calls, meetings and problems [...]

THIS IS NOT THE DREAM

The Working From Home Lifestyle Revolution By Jim Calder My wife woke up recently and said, “Wouldn’t it be great if we just had to wake up and walk downstairs to work? Think of all the time we would save, we could shower at lunch and wouldn’t have to spend an hour getting ready in [...]

The Technologically Overstimulated Army

Another Way To Look At Things By Jim Calder Do you have trouble focusing? Find that you are staying up later and later on the computer? Feel like you can never just focus your attention on one thing or project? The solution is simple, turn all your shit off permanently and go see a doctor. [...]

Join The “Construction People”

By Jim Calder I am in the construction business, and have been for several years now. I don’t physically build houses, buildings, roads, etc. What I have been trying to build—or better yet to help build—are people. On our team, the “construction people” we believe that the more people that do well increases our chances [...]

The New Day

The Age of the Worker By Jim Calder We live in a new age. An age where the worker is valued above all else. For years companies have devalued you as the employee by cutting your pay, increasing your hours, freezing your salary all in the name of the economy and more. That day is [...]

Choose Your Words and More Importantly Your “Type” Wisely

Robert J. Ottaviani We should all be serving a sentence for committing a heinous crime on the English language. We have blatantly over used, over exaggerated and over indulged ourselves with a misappropriation of words, phrases, and slang. We are guilty as charged. All of us! Let’s take a look at some misguided verbiage we [...]

7 Things That I Learned From A Bad Boss

By Jim Calder Have you ever had a bad boss? No, I mean a really bad boss. A boss that would micromanage you because she didn’t know how to run the department. A boss who whispers, whines and talks in circles. A boss who only cares about how many hours you spend in the office [...]

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