Monthly Archives: March 2005

Why success can make for lousy work

There’s a fascinating book by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi called Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience and it helps to explain why the more successful you become in today’s world of work, the more your work becomes a nightmare from which you … Continue reading

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Notebooks – the old fashioned kind

I bought a notebook yesterday – something I’ve been planning to do for a while now. But no, it was not a notebook as in a laptop. It was the old fashioned kind. Something with paper and a leather cover. … Continue reading

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It’s not about marketing – or is it?

It’s not about marketing. Or, maybe it is – in which case, you’ve really got to wonder about the state of marketing today. As an example, I recommend Seth Godin’s post Shortcuts. I think this should be printed out and … Continue reading

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Emperor has no clothes phenomenon

Over at Ripples, David has posted Have we reached a tipping point in American employment? And he’s touched on several aspects of today’s corporate work world that make me want to tear my hair out. I call it The Emperor … Continue reading

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Back from the rabbit hole

I’ve had long gaps between posts before but never anything quite like this. It looks like I’ve been away roughly one and a half months. So what’s the story? Well, in a nutshell, illness – some inadvertent, some sort of … Continue reading

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