This is a hard one for me. I made too many financial mistakes. Yet somehow I am still OK. What did I learn, and what can I tell about it? Is anyone safe at least financially? More reading here, here, here, here, here, and here. No safety net To be honest, we buy many safety nets …
Sleeping and dreaming under control
Sometimes we are lucky enough to remember seeing a dream with a verbal description, or a set of images. Occasionally we can even consciously control the dream and continue it when we are awake. Other times we kind of remember the dream, and may even induce the theme of the dream. More reading here, here, …
Job happiness and financial discipline
We can be hapy in our job, or we can work because we need money. The choice is ours. Job happiness and financial discipline are interconnected. More about it here, here, here, here, and here. Parkinson’s law Peter’s principle claims, an employee is promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level …
Toxic workplaces
Not all workplaces are the same. Some places are exciting, motivating and supporting – a home and a family with an exit potential. Other places are tedious and stressful with deranged and backstabbing employees. The difference can be as subtle as one toxic manager in a central position in a small startup. There are stories …
To do or not to do? Procrastinate….
Procrastinate by all means if you have to. Do not act impulsively. Be creative. Never lose hope. My message This is my message for today. For me, these sentences send the same message and are deeply interconnected. Our lives are quite long, a marathon rather than a sprint. Opportunities and threats come and go. Sometimes …
Simple money skills everyone should have
There are simple money skills that an average 13 years old child can acquire, yet most people do not have. Below we will discuss my “two cents” about the subject. Before we dive in, try to imagine what this article will be about and how you will use it. I will explain this exercise in …
Have a smaller ego if you want big career moves
Resilience at the workplace is a common theme in this blog. Occasionally our own ego is the main obstacle to our progress. A huge ego can definitely make us do things we do not like and increase the amount of stress upon us. You can read more here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. …
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Mentors, sponsors and career moves
I am not an expert on office politics. Occasionally I wish that I was. I do have many years of job experience and can share some insights. This post is inspired by several resources you should probably read, here, here, here, here. Mentors and sponsors There are two kinds of relationships we need in order …
Your most valuable resources: time, money and focus
Personally, we have three convertible resources: time, money, and focus. For each activity, we can choose how much of each to allocate. As a rule, nothing is free… If we do not pay with time and money we pay with focus, for example when we see advertising. I wish there was a general optimization theory …
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Success, passion and satisfaction in your career
We all want to bu successful in some way. Since some of us identify with our job, job satisfaction, stabilit and financial success are extremely important. To which extent are different aspects of job success related? Can we have it all? For today’s research I got too many results, and decided to list some of …
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