Awaking this morning to yet another deadline, I wondered what the outcome would be on a chapter I’m contributing to, for a colleague’s book. That made me wonder about my own book and the constant toggle between my working and living experience; my daily attempt to balance my work as a broadcaster with my love for being a work life trend tracker and writer.
The jobless rate hit a new 26 year high and it appears that big business is resigned to the prediction that it will be a long haul. But a new survey by global consulting firm, Watson Wyatt, suggests that the bloodletting will eventually subside as companies simply can’t operate efficiently if they cut anymore to the bone.
Attending the opening exercises at Harvard University this weekend made me want to run to the admissions office and head back for my Masters. A number of themes weaved through the fabric of this day which tapped feelings of inner hope about this future generation’s capabilities to change the way we will work and live into the next decade.
We are living and working at the speed of light. But in order to succeed, Dean Michael D. Smith of the Arts and Sciences department at the nation’s oldest university,
The four-day work week is spreading across the nation like a wildfire. But this blaze is being sparked by frustration about the high cost of living and is fueled by high gas prices. Government entities like Macomb County in Michigan, and companies like IBM are taking on the four-day work week to help employees battle soaring gas prices.
I’ve never thought a whole lot about nursery school until yesterday. I was in an audience with about thirty people listening to a Tibetan Lama in New York City who had not been to the city since the events of September 11th, 2001. It was a lesson in sharing peace among people who had lived through chaos, and yet had a burning desire for peace and quiet.
After a whirlwind of travel for nearly two weeks, designed to help me build my “inner warehouse of stillness,” on my elusive quest for worklife balance – I have landed at a colleague’s home in Boston. At 6am this morning in a deep silent contemplative state, I thought about the last two weeks of quiet time and the “detoxification program” that I had undergone.
Everyone and their brother is writing about, talking about, blogging about – job security. Are the job numbers a harbinger of “the worst is yet to come?” Whether they are or not, if we get caught up in the glass half empty approach, we’re bound to manifest some chaotic episode in our careers or in the workplace
I received a phone call yesterday from a dear friend who with shallow breath immediately began to review a dream from the night before. It was one that put thoughts of job security on the front burner.
“Survival of the fittest is not the criterion for evolution, but survival of the wisest.” Deepak Chopra………Those words from spiritual teacher and business maverick Deepak Chopra laid the foundation for a fascinating discussion on a conscious approach to business.
If you’re a Sensory Overload Tracker (a formal expertise) like myself, the cover of the Sunday Times elicited a big, “Ha, I knew it would come to this!” In Matt Richtel’s article, In Web World of 24/7 Stress Writers Blog Till They Drop he chronicles the exhausting journey of “the blogger” and shares some disturbing news about the recent passing of several bloggers. He also lists the common physical ailments associated with those who make a career of blogging 24/7. So much for worklife balance.
