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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • Perhaps I shouldn’t have said “make every second count”

    Forgive me for all the times I told you (if you ever heard me say) that we should make every second count. Why? Because the hours and the minutes and the seconds are human inventions that only matter to us, but not with the rest of what’s natural. From The wait of the world: The… Read more

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  • Getting off the pressure of time

    …it doesn’t matter when you start work, so long as you get the job done. It’s about internal time, not what the clock on the wall says. Why we should be watching the sun, not the clock Working from home gave me so much liberty when I do the actual work without being stressed about… Read more

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  • The time we hold dearly

    The more we synchronize ourselves with the time in clocks, the more we fall out of sync with our own bodies and the world around us. The Tyranny Of Time Don’t you want to break free out of the dictate of time, sometimes? I do. The thing is, I’m born into a family that eats… Read more

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  • Wins, contribution, and getting there

    We celebrate wins, whether big or small. And as we bask ourselves in the joy of achieving something we consider worthwhile, all we remember is that we made it through. But, most of the time, the people who celebrate with us won’t entirely understand all the fears we pushed against just to be where we… Read more

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  • Because we have (want) to be there

    When we set a goal, we commit ourselves to a journey. Sitting in the car for so many hours is fun until you no longer have stories to tell. Even if your eyes want to shut themselves as the endless array of trees, grass, hills, skies blur out your vision, you still wake up, cutting… Read more

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  • The wonders of clearly defined outcomes

    If you want to radically change when and where work happens in your organization while still achieving results, you also have to change the very definition of “work” itself, moving it away from surveillance and visible busyness, and toward defined outcomes and trust.— from How to achieve sustainable remote work by Cal Newport From yesterday’s… Read more

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  • A different kind of workplace

    So Ressler and Thompson took a leap with their pilot program, telling the participants that they could work whenever, wherever, as long as the work got done, without the need to commit to a fixed schedule in advance or even announce their decisions. There were more complaints from some of the managers. “How will I… Read more

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