Month: November 2022
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Quiet Quitting….is it stealing?
“The great resignation”, “quiet quitting”, “career coasting”, and “boundary balancing” are terms and practices that have crept into the workplace. These trends have had both a positive and negative impact. The change in work environments because of covid, remote work, and the gig economy, has caused millions in the workforce to reflect, reassess, and rebalance…
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When I work, I work….When I’m off, I’m off
Ok, this really frosted me, so I wanted to write about this now. Yesterday I had just finished my morning run and was in the locker room at the gym and overheard two guys talking who were obviously co-workers. They were discussing a fellow co-worker who was being let go. The first guy says, “He’s…
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Shhhhhhhhhhhh, quiet please
You’ve heard “Silence is golden”. The roots of this phrase go back to a proverb “Speech is silver, silence is golden” extolling the value of silence over speech. I’ve had to work really hard to learn the discipline of silence in my life. My wife says I’m always making noise. I can be sitting on…
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Chronos Time Vs Kairos Time
When it comes to living a balanced life, time and how I spend it is the most valuable and important lesson I’ve learned these past four years. No matter what our station is in life, our location, vocation, or financial status, it doesn’t matter, we all have exactly the same amount of time allocated to…
The Rest Stop 