Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay "Dear Life Cereal, where do you get off?" -Peter Griffin in a comically oversized bow tie. So . . . the hot air & hopium crowd and the wannabe social media influencers want to LARP that a petition or an angry Slack channel is somehow...
[buzzsprout episode='12282676' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ Who benefits from the promotion of hot air, hopium, and total nonsense? ✔️ Some influencer or wannabe influencer who gives you toxic positivity is NOT gonna show up and bail you out of an economic crisis. ✔️If someone has been in their chosen...
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay So . . . are people flush with cash from 2020 stimmy checks and doin' great or nah? -https://www.yahoo.com/now/back-broke-americans-racking-debt-100000378.html Oh. I guess we get a twofer there: a) people are broke (which we already knew) and b) the "coming" recession is all the fault of the...
Image by Bertsz from Pixabay One thing I don't miss and will never miss about being butt-in-seat at a job is the long commute. Yuck. Hated it. Found it stressful. Don't miss it at all. And yet: "Commutes can create work-life balance By Todd Dybas, Editor at LinkedIn News Incremental movement while strapped...
Image by Foundry Co from Pixabay "Are YOU having a Bare Minimum Monday? New workplace trend sees staff taking it easy on the first day of the week after suffering the 'Sunday scaries' UK career expert Adam Butler has shared tips to hack 'Bare Minimum Monday' The Officeology CEO said how...
[buzzsprout episode='12230270' player='true'] On February 5, 2023, The NYT Magazine published, "Walter Mosley Thinks America Is Getting Dumber." In this interview with writer Walter Mosley, Walter says, "We’re living in a dumbed-down culture because the education of most people in America is sad and not useful....
Image by Franz P. Sauerteig from Pixabay "Why Are Your Employees Actually Quitting? You Can Narrow It Down to 1 Reason A basic understanding of human motivation, and what employees say they actually need will keep them from quitting." -https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/why-are-your-employees-actually-quitting-you-can-narrow-it-down-to-1-reason.html One reason? Only one reason for anyone who quits? Do tell. "Leaders have...
[buzzsprout episode='12230198' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 2/11 - 2/17. ✔️The official narrative is now shaping up. Pandemic ➡️ Unprecedented times. ➡️ Zoom boom & WFH. ➡️ Red hot markets & overhiring. ➡️ Market is now "normalizing." ➡️ Don't worry about it because this is just a...
“Ultimately I think the next phase is ‘loud staying,'” said Sara Causey, owner of Causey Consulting, LLC. “I was alive and well during the Great Recession and whatever you needed to do to keep your job, you did it. If that involved staying late or working...
Remember this from last year: NOBODY SAID THIS WOULD BE FUN! Now you should just skip food altogether. -https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/cpi-report-today-january-2023-inflation/card/to-save-money-maybe-you-should-skip-breakfast-fSd6mz0miaAPhUFb2jgy So that escalated. Instead of replacing meat with lentils, just skip that meal altogether. I mean, you don't really need that food, do you? I bet the fat cats and...