Let’s be clear. The upside of ambition is success. Plain and simple. Ambition is what gets us places. Sure, the term itself is also associated with social-climbing, ruthlessness, and the pursuit of fame, fortune, and status. But we all know that. Just as we know it isn’t only those motivations. … Read more
BEING STRESSED AT WORK, because of work, is such a massive source of pain in the lives of so many of us that it’s even come to the point where you’re reading posts such as this one… I know, a sure sign of desperate times. Feeling stretched at work is like being a parent at … Read more
Work/life balance is horseshite. Either work is enlivening and life is productive, or we’re in the trap of working as a means to an end and living as a way of checking out. Look up ‘work-life balance’ online and you’ll get inundated with advice and admonishment. Or don’t. It won’t matter anyway. The whole enterprise … Read more
