[buzzsprout episode='11640197' player='true'] Last week, a couple of important yet relatively unnoticed articles popped up on MarketWatch: "Hedge-fund giant Elliott warns looming hyperinflation could lead to 'global societal collapse'" and "A U.S. labor shortage is planting the seeds for lots of layoffs. Here's how." Even though...
Remember the economists who tried to gaslight everyone saying there would be no mass layoffs in Q4? Yeeeahhhh . . . Yet another reason why I say: if you wait to be officially told there's an economic mess a'brewing, you've waited too late IMO. "Meta is laying off...
Image created by me on Canva WFH hit pieces aren't new. Likewise with RTO fluff pieces. The anti-WFH narrative seems to have shifted to "WFH productivity is self-reported so, ya know, c'mon back to the office now." I noticed it popping up on LinkedIn first and...
[buzzsprout episode='11635964' player='true'] On September 1st, I published the episode, "Whatever Happened to the Middle Class American Dream?" Apparently now, even the MSM is asking that question. Better late than never, I guess. Key topics: ✔️ "The American middle class is experiencing the biggest wealth drop since the...
During my first iteration of self-employment that failed, I saw plenty of that. I’d listen to just about any so-called coach, advisor, or guru I could find in the hopes that someone, somewhere could produce a magical solution to my problems. None of them did,...
[buzzsprout episode='11603951' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 10/31 - 11/4. ✔️ So...
[buzzsprout episode='11574071' player='true'] "The war for talent is over. Talent won, says PwC U.S. chairman Tim Ryan." Uh...
On October 28th, Ted Bauer published: Well yes. They could but they won't. 😆 In this article, he mentions Jonah Lehrer's 2012 article from The New Yorker: Groupthink The brainstorming myth. (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/30/groupthink) "Although the findings did nothing to hurt brainstorming’s popularity, numerous follow-up studies have come to the same...
Who can be surprised by this? Except for: Highly, highly extroverted people Milquetoast types who will always "go along to get along" Sycophants and butt-kissers People who hate their home lives and look for any escape WHO CAN BE SURPRISED?!?! "The trend suggests that the transition back to...