Our memory sucks. Or rather, our brain is trying to keep us safe and oblivious. You may believe that you have a decent memory, that you remember events from the past, that you remember exactly how you felt, and what… Read More ›
Career
Blueprints For Building A Winning Team
Are you building a new company? Have you decided to change the job and join a new organization? The question of culture will undoubtedly come up. What type of culture do we want to build? What kind of culture will… Read More ›
Why Even Good People Act Unethically
The 21st century didn’t start particularly well when it comes to ethics. Many prominent figures in business and politics across the globe act visibly unethically, bend the truth to their needs, or ignore it completely. We all watch them, applaud,… Read More ›
Love, Friendship, And Loneliness At Work
Researchers Nicholas Bloom and John Roberts ran an experiment with Ctrip, China’s largest travel agency. They wanted to test the effect of work from home policy and thus let a portion of their employees work from home four days a… Read More ›
Remote Work And Danger Of Loneliness
Ashley is a smart, hardworking lawyer. She works for a big international company, but the nature of her job is causing her to work alone most of the time. She has a set of responsibilities that only she can fulfill… Read More ›
Why “Fake It Till You Make It” Is A Bad Strategy
“Fake it till you make it” is advice that is being circulated by career advisors for years or even decades. The idea is that you should never be afraid to jump on an opportunity and get to a role that… Read More ›
Work-life Balance Is Not A Thing, This Is
The common wisdom goes that you have life and then you have work. Work leads to exhaustion, anxieties, depression, and you work only to get money so you can have life. That is why so many people talk about work-life… Read More ›
Why To Stop Exploiting Internships
Internship is a great way to build relationships with potential future employees entering the labor market. There are obvious benefits for the company in the form of getting some junior people to help out with the workload while incurring relatively… Read More ›
Have A Plan But Stay Flexible
It was in 2015 when I traveled with a small group of people to Zimbabwe. We had a solid plan for the week we wanted to spend in Zimbabwe before moving on to Botswana. Everything was meticulously planned. We arrived… Read More ›
Can’t Work Together? Just Talk It Through
We all need to communicate. The whole life is a series of interactions with other people, and unless you live a life of Robinson Crusoe, you are required to interact with other people. When there is an interaction, there is… Read More ›
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