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It’s Working That’s Essential

May 10, 2020 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Trying to identify who is (and isn’t) “an essential worker” is the wrong game to be in today. As the current upheavals are making plain: all workers are essential workers.   Everyone who wants to work in America should be able to do so because: - … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: democratic capitalism, economic policy, Edmund Phelps, essential workers, Oren Cass, social contract around work, Soshana Zuboff, work, working

The Other Wonder of Tourists and Survivors

April 5, 2020 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Hello everyone. I’m mostly holding up and hope this finds you holding up too. Recent weeks, but particularly this past one, have been like being in a foreign country while never entirely leaving the familiarity of home. I wonder if it’s been feeling … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Building Your Values into Your Work, Continuous Learning, Daily Preparation Tagged With: coronavirus, eyes of a tourist, other wonder, perspective

True Greatness is Always Complicated

February 25, 2020 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

After my post about Kobe Bryant two weeks ago, I heard from a number of you who couldn’t get over the accusation of rape that still metastasized in the middle of his legacy. I'd acknowledged that Bryant was an introvert who still needed to tell his … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Daily Preparation, Heroes & Other Role Models Tagged With: almost Greek tragedy, alter ego, dark side, heroes, Kobe Bryant, legacy, Mamba, role model, self knowledge, storytellers, storytelling, writing

Technology is Changing Us

February 4, 2020 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

When we change our routines in a fundamental way—either because we need that change or the interruption is foisted upon us—we sometimes experience our world differently when we return. Glimpses of those differences are possible after vacations, but … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Continuous Learning, Daily Preparation, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: cognitive maps, departure and return, Howard Axelrod, human aptitudes, human perspectives, mental maps, navigating the on-line world, smartphones, tech devices, technology, Tristan Harris

Trying On a Hero’s Perspective

January 20, 2020 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

One way to get out of the box that’s dominated by our value judgments is to make an imaginative leap, like taking on the perspective of someone we admire, and trying to see a situation—it can be any situation where we’re already convinced of our … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Continuous Learning, Daily Preparation Tagged With: closedmindedness, Cornel West, Martin Luther King, MLK, moral courage, moral intuition, open enough minds, openminded, perspective, Robert George

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