From the category archives:

Work

The Human Equation Conflict

February 24, 2010

A person considers himself as important and valuable as the sum of his tangible and intangible belongings.
Tangibles
How much money you make, which car you drive, where you live, the clothes that you wear, the food that you eat, the places you visit. If you summed the financial value of all the tangible things in your [...]

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5 Jobs We Should All Try

January 25, 2010

Today I guest post at The Optimalists,  a blog run by Gianpaolo Pietri.
You can subscribe to The Optimalists here.
Gianpaolo reached out to me a while ago to write a guest post for him, and because of the topic freedom that he gave me, it was a pleasure to do it. Thank you Gianpaolo.
Do read my [...]

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Why Artists Are Having Trouble Making Money

November 20, 2009

Milena Thomas is holding a very interesting series on her blog “Art and Avarice.”
The series is called “Spread The Wealth For Artists”, and my post “Why Artists Are Having Trouble Making Money” is up.
Read my guest post here.
You can subscribe to Art and Avarice here, and follow Milena on Twitter here.
Let me say that this [...]

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Happiness Hyperopia

November 17, 2009

The concept of Happiness Hyperopia is very interesting:
Overestimating the benefits we think we will accrue at some mythical time in the future.
There are people who “suffer” from this condition. But there are also people who do not. I asked my friend Steve a long time ago: What is more likely to happen? Overvaluing or undervaluing [...]

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Don’t Fret

November 4, 2009

I have 112 blog post drafts.
Two notepads filled with post and book ideas.
Many favorite tweets worth expanding on.
A Google Docs file with many guest posts on the working.
And the energy to constantly keep looking for something new to write about.
But I won’t talk about any of that today.
I want to disrupt your expectations, I want to prove [...]

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Chat With Tyler Hurst

October 22, 2009

This is a short segment of a long chat about “following your passion” with my friend Tyler Hurst, who tweets a lot.

Carlos: I‘m trying to stay away from that concept lately. I got it. It’s time to move on.
I talked with my boss today (someone that I truly admire because of her character and [...]

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The Challenge Of Caring

October 5, 2009

The problem with being a “result-driven” society, is that we only believe in things that “work.” That’s the challenge non-profits and caring people have to face.
If a lawyer wins a case, he succeeds. It works.
But non-profits don’t function the same way. Their definition of success is different. Many successful non-profits are still fighting poverty, diseases, and [...]

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