Enthusiasm, A Requirement for Employment, Life?
As an unemployed person, I get worn down pretty easily by the messages the bosses are sending me. It seems that in order to get job one needs to bend over backwards for the littlest thing and really love doing it. All companies want someone who is “enthusiastic” about working there. Does anyone worship at [...]
Motivational Phrases and Why They Always Suck
I hate bumper-sticker encouragement, one-liner motivation, soundbite advice. Why does one need a poster on one’s wall that says, “reach for the stars” (or other cliches)? I often wonder why people bother putting these things out there. I’ve never understood. Foremost, it is not motivating to me. It’s trite and generic and fake. That’s far [...]
The Complaint Desk is Open
Complaining. We all do it. Some people make a living by complaining about complaining. Mostly I’m talking about news pundits, but when I Google “stop complaining” there are a lot of websites that claim to be “self help” sites about how to make a “resolution” to stop complaining. They say that complaining makes one focus [...]
