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These Tech Platforms Threaten Our Freedom

December 9, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

We’re being led by the nose about what to think, buy, do next, or remember about what we’ve already seen or done.  Oh, and how we’re supposed to be happy, what we like and don’t like, what’s wrong with our generation, why we work. We’re being led to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Building Your Values into Your Work, Continuous Learning, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: Amazon, autonomy, communication, confirmation bias, facebook, Franklin Foer, free thinking, freedom, Google, illusion of explanatory depth, information, information overhoad, Jaron Lanier, tech, tech platforms, technology

Men At Work

December 2, 2018 By David Griesing 1 Comment

What makes your work worthwhile? Last week economist Edmund Phelps got me thinking about some of the possibilities.  Is you mindset at work to expand your capabilities, to become your “better” self by confronting risks on the job for the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Proud of Your Work, Entrepreneurship, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: autonomy, Harry's Masculinity Report 2018, job satisfaction, men, men at work, men's happiness, priorities, values

Flourishing in Every Job

November 25, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Taking greater satisfaction from your work may be your goal, but it seems that it's hardly the government’s or the economy’s goal. Not so long ago it felt differently, that those goals were all more aligned—and maybe they could be again--but only if … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Proud of Your Work, Building Your Values into Your Work, Entrepreneurship, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: capitalism, competition, culture of innovation, Edmund Phelps, flourishing, free enterprise, free labor, grassroots, individualistic, innovation, mass flourishing, priorities, productivity, values, work, workplace

Building Confidence in the Future

November 18, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

The future was on my mind a lot this week, probably because several stories were arguing for its importance and vulnerability. Some of it was the mid-term election, which the press kept reminding us was about choosing our political future, as if … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Building Your Values into Your Work, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: confidence, frontier, future, hope, John Berger, Mount Rushmore, Paradise California, Rebecca Solnit, Robert D. Kaplan, Simon & Garfunkel American Anthem, the West, what we hold in common

Facing Risks, Finding Control

November 12, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Introducing some risk into your life and work can remind you what it’s like to feel alive. Not that we’re sleepwalking exactly, but if “personal comfort” trumps most other considerations, you have probably insulated yourself from anything more … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Proud of Your Work, Daily Preparation, Heroes & Other Role Models Tagged With: Alex Honnold, comfort zone, control fear, fear, free solo, mastery, mental preparation, risk and reward, visualizing

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