Today we welcome guest blogger Jason Womack, a workplace effectiveness and productivity consultant. You can find him on his corporate website at jasonwomack.com and his blog at jasonwomackblog.com.
After writing my piece yesterday on fear and the economic situation, a very eloquent reader named “Maggie” wrote to me:
I completely agree with your assessment on the economy, particularly if you’re young. There is no crisis that is well served by panic and I don’t think that the current economic situation is anywhere near as bad as the Great Depression.
You may have noticed a recent backlash against productivity in some parts of the personal development community. If you have found yourself second guessing the value of this subject, it may be worth going back to a very simple question: “why be productive?”
The response to our newly designed website has been overwhelmingly positive. As we say in the north, “thanks for that, eh!”
WARM ‘N FUZZY FEEDBACK
“Clean and modern but still warm and welcoming.”
“Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better… You all have outdone yourselves.”
The more the credit crisis spreads, the more it affects the average person. Kristen wrote last week looking for advice. She’s not in a panic, but she is wondering what she should do:
As you probably know freelance workers do much more tasks than just designing, writing or whatever it is you do to pay your bills.
So why spend time and energy sharing your knowledge?
These days altruism is not very common. We’re so stressed with our work that there’s little free time left, and we want to spend it on anything else.
Cute overload ahead!
Mette felt in love with Blund at first sight. She says "He just looked at me ... I looked at him... and took him home.... and promised myself to make as many jumpers and trousers as possible for MY BLUND and all the 'Blund Brothers'!
Apparently Blund has quite a few fans and some pretty cool clothes. Go see Blund dressed to the nines on the Blund Group.
When I first started wandering from creative blog to creative blog, I was struck by how often SARK’s books were recommended. Eventually I bought one and at first I worried that, since they were so heavily illustrated and written in coloured inks, they would be more style than substance, but I couldn’t have been more wrong.
I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you should have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. Join in -- no need to catch up, just jump in right now. Each Friday’s post will help you think about your own happiness project.
This idea has always been one of my core values. Basically if you are one of my really good friends, you and I are going to laugh—a lot. And if we don’t know each other, our laughter will connect us. One of the nicest material gifts ever given to me was a bumper sticker that reads: SHE WHO LAUGHS, LASTS.
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Nonconformity, the author of the Unconventional Guide to Discount Airfare.
I’m writing from my hotel balcony in Giza City, Egypt – just outside Cairo, and the site of the historic Pyramids. The sun is coming up right now, and the view is great. There’s only one problem:
A lot of other visitors here are unhappy.
