(1) Productive work provides people with goods and services that actually improve their lives. (2) It provides adequately for your needs and for the needs of your loved ones. (3) Productive work makes you more capable while you’re doing it, and … [Continue reading]
Both working and living are better when a good book gives you a different, and often unexpected way to look at things. Here’s what my recent source material looks like: Zero Day, called “a paranoid thriller disguised as a murder mystery,” by … [Continue reading]
There’s an ecology around work that’s like planting a garden. A garden thrives when your growing things are suited to the sun and rain that’s available, and when there’s already a rich enough soil in place to build upon. A healthy garden welcomes … [Continue reading]
Some of the most necessary & satisfying work can be helping everybody else’s work to go smoothly. At its best, it’s nearly invisible. As orchestration, it can be akin to wizardry. This time last year, I met two people clearly … [Continue reading]
The work we do is full of people. To escape into green & blue spaces, where the conversation is between birds or waves, and the scents spring from the earth or sand, can be like a necessary breath. In his talk about living and working, Alain de … [Continue reading]
