Category: think
Zen Dog (To The Rescue)
Tackling The Mountain of Mediocrity : READ THIS ARTICLE NOW
“I will follow your blog, but no matter how awesome I think YOU are, I won’t be paying for your book unless I think it’ll make ME a little more awesome.”
Via gapingvoid.com
Starting A New Job | Focus, Worries & Excitement
The video above shows what happens when 5,000 residents of Grand Rapids, Michigan collaborate on proving to the outside world their city is not dying.
It also sums up the outcome I will be trying to achieve with my my new job as Social Media Manager for CORE Ed in Christchurch, New Zealand : a collective adoption and support of a shared goal (in this case, social media use).
How I do this will form part of many future blog posts.
Now I haven’t had a *proper job in over seven years so there are a couple of things I’m worried about :
- having a boss—my new one is pretty awesome and we already have a great relationship but it’s still going to be odd to have a line of authority above me (luckily the culture at CORE Ed is very autonomous so I don’t think it will be too much of an issue);
- office politics—never been good at this and just not a fan. Luckily the New Zealand attitude is very straight and to the point so again thinking this will be another one to be aware of but not worry too much about;
- what to wear—seriously, what do I wear? There is no dress code so I might explore wearing the same set of clothes like my minimalist crush Nina Yau did. What do you suggest I wear for this?
Coupled with the concerns are things I’m really excited about :
- inspiring change—this is why I get up in the morning;
- being part of a community—one thing you miss when you work for yourself is that sense of place. Really looking forward to embracing this side of package;
- theory to practice (on a large scale)—with over 100 employees internally plus all their partners and affiliates etc this will be a big challenge. I can’t wait!
Most importantly I can’t wait to be creative and explore building on the skills already in house to fashion and progress the organisations goals.
*Haven’t had a proper job as been running my own businesses (Phatgnat and MediaSnackers).
Staying Positive (Garfield Style)
Water ink Art & A Serious Message
iPad 2 And The $5 GarageBand App
Sitting is Killing You
Related post : My Stand-Up Desk
Via medicalbillingandcoding.org
Benjamin Zander On Music And Passion And How To Give A Great Talk
Relearning To Disconnect
“We have become such experts at being always in touch, informed, connected. Now we must relearn how to be silent, disconnected, alone.”
Alain de Botton