Tag Archives: self-management

The power of perpendicular thinking

by Ion Valaskakis
Inspiration — November 14, 2011

Do you know why we have a 40 hour work week? The answer might shock you. Its origins date to the Industrial Revolution (not the Internet Revolution – the industrial one). Back in the middle of the 18th century, it was common for people to work 72 hours a week. Then, the US Congress passed…

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From hate to love

by Salvador Rego
Career Issues — November 22, 2010

Sometimes the difference between hating and loving people closest to us lies not so much in them as in ourselves. And going from one to the other may be quicker and easier than we think. This transition is well portrayed in this short commercial presented at the Advertising & Design Club of Canada‘s 61st annual…

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