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 coming in from coworkers?
3) Are you technologically [...]

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 morning,” [...]

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. However, [...]

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 for [...]

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 over friends. [...]

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 have [...]

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 and [...]

Learn To Say No To The Wrong Ideas

By Jim Calder

Anyone can have ideas. Many are fooled into thinking that just coming up with an idea is the hard work, when in reality it is the easiest part. I just had an idea for a screenplay. It is about a relationship between a man and his cat. It is a dark emotional [...]

An Interview with Blog Expert Seth Godin

By Jim Calder

I am recommitting myself this week.
Not to a church, a school or a person but to the art of blogging. I was born a writer and I hope to be remembered as one someday. A new mini goal of mine is to blog on a regular basis. I feel that it is [...]

The Most Depressing Thing You’ll Ever Hear

By David Yancy Kang

I heard a piece on NPR the other day about a new documentary of Bill Withers, the soul artist. There was an excerpt from this documentary that included an interview with him that really has stuck with me since I heard it. It goes like this: “One of the things I always [...]

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