Tags |
|
|
Links |
|
|
Casual Articles - Are You Working Too Hard?
It was the ancient Greek Philosopher, Heraclitus, who said, "nothing endures but change." That is certainly just as true today as it was in the time of Heraclitus, over 2,500 years ago. Change is all around us. In nature, in our personal lives, at work, everything is changing all the time. Sometimes the changes are subtle and we barely notice them, other times they hit us like a freight train.Inevitable ChangeMany of us have never heard of William C. "B
The following day I have a morning interview, answering or checking the approximately 300 e-mails I receive daily, followed by a seminar and industry lunch located an hour and a half away, followed by another aftern
Inventory purchased by head office and sent to branches for them to sell can be invoiced to the branch at cost price or at an amount above cost (usually a fixed retail selling price). Invoicing the goods sent by head office to the branches at cost reduces head office inventory by the same amount as that at which the inventory was originally recorded in its accounting books. The transfer is not considered to constitute sales and therefore does not result in gross pr
Recently, after hearing this, my son turned to me and said, “You are working too hard.”
"Ask them the following," he said. "Do you like apples? Then, when you’ve hooked them, ask them not to think, just answer,
Chinese or Pizza?
Cheesecake or Pie?
Cat or Dog?
Rain jacket or Umbrella?"
I laughed. Vanity Fair does a credible job of making these interviews fascinating for their one page back issue interviews. When Sumner Redstone was asked, “How would you like to die?” His response was, “I would not like it at all.”
My son’s joke made me think; are we all working too hard? And, for what?
According to the New Yorker, “The French work twenty-eight percent fewer hours per person than Americans, and the Germans put in twenty-five percent fewer hours. Compared with Europeans, a higher percentage of American adults work, they work more hours per week, and they work more weeks per year.”
The same article by James Surowiecki goes on to mention that despite these differences, there is little difference in productivity. Apparently, we have more workers and work more hours than the Europeans, so we create more wealth. However, we trade our productivity, and hence wealth, for someone else to do our services while Europeans trade their productivity for more leisure.
Are you working too hard? And, if so, is it because you see a direct correlation between career, and entrepreneurial success, or is it because you have no time to do things like cooking, cleaning, childcare, repairs or maintenance? Do you see it that you need to work that much longer or harder to get that much more money to pay for these services-as-necessities?
Recently, I twice stopped in two different states (one north and one south) and watched traffic cross a bridge. Not as a leisure activity, but so that I could count the number of service trucks intermingled with passenger vehicles. My informal count revealed that every second car was followed by four or five service vehicles. At casual glance, it seems that the service industry is running the economy.
The following day I have a morning interview, answering or checking the approximately 300 e-mails I receive daily, followed by a seminar and industry lunch located an hour and a half away, followed by another afterno
Food service jobs are open to virtually anyone. Getting into the hospitality industry is reasonably easy, but to progress, it is important to have relevant skills and knowledge. You must have the hospitality skills you need to give yourself better employment opportunities.Many of the food and beverage servers are young teens to twenties, usually with little or no work experience. While older people may have an edge, lacking waiting experience is not a barrier.
Chinese or Pizza?
Cheesecake or Pie?
Cat or Dog?
Rain jacket or Umbrella?"
I laughed. Vanity Fair does a credible job of making these interviews fascinating for their one page back issue interviews. When Sumner Redstone was asked, “How would you like to die?” His response was, “I would not like it at all.”
My son’s joke made me think; are we all working too hard? And, for what?
According to the New Yorker, “The French work twenty-eight percent fewer hours per person than Americans, and the Germans put in twenty-five percent fewer hours. Compared with Europeans, a higher percentage of American adults work, they work more hours per week, and they work more weeks per year.”
The same article by James Surowiecki goes on to mention that despite these differences, there is little difference in productivity. Apparently, we have more workers and work more hours than the Europeans, so we create more wealth. However, we trade our productivity, and hence wealth, for someone else to do our services while Europeans trade their productivity for more leisure.
Are you working too hard? And, if so, is it because you see a direct correlation between career, and entrepreneurial success, or is it because you have no time to do things like cooking, cleaning, childcare, repairs or maintenance? Do you see it that you need to work that much longer or harder to get that much more money to pay for these services-as-necessities?
Recently, I twice stopped in two different states (one north and one south) and watched traffic cross a bridge. Not as a leisure activity, but so that I could count the number of service trucks intermingled with passenger vehicles. My informal count revealed that every second car was followed by four or five service vehicles. At casual glance, it seems that the service industry is running the economy.
The following day I have a morning interview, answering or checking the approximately 300 e-mails I receive daily, followed by a seminar and industry lunch located an hour and a half away, followed by another aftern
A company offers products and/or services to its customers to generate sales. The transaction takes place when the customer buys the goods and/or services at the price and conditions agreeable to both parties. Generally the transaction is completed when the customer pays after taking delivery of goods and/or services.However in cases where there is a long-standing relationship between the company and a customer, the buyer may make payment at a future date. Thi
The same article by James Surowiecki goes on to mention that despite these differences, there is little difference in productivity. Apparently, we have more workers and work more hours than the Europeans, so we create more wealth. However, we trade our productivity, and hence wealth, for someone else to do our services while Europeans trade their productivity for more leisure.
Are you working too hard? And, if so, is it because you see a direct correlation between career, and entrepreneurial success, or is it because you have no time to do things like cooking, cleaning, childcare, repairs or maintenance? Do you see it that you need to work that much longer or harder to get that much more money to pay for these services-as-necessities?
Recently, I twice stopped in two different states (one north and one south) and watched traffic cross a bridge. Not as a leisure activity, but so that I could count the number of service trucks intermingled with passenger vehicles. My informal count revealed that every second car was followed by four or five service vehicles. At casual glance, it seems that the service industry is running the economy.
The following day I have a morning interview, answering or checking the approximately 300 e-mails I receive daily, followed by a seminar and industry lunch located an hour and a half away, followed by another aftern
If you really want to make a decent living and want to have a good, successful, viable computer consulting business, sooner or later you have to narrow down your focus and develop a keen intuition. Additionally, you have to become good at spotting the best small businesses accounts.The Small Business MyriadThere are millions of small businesses in the U.S. and there are millions of small businesses abroad. There’s a pretty good chance that there are th
Are you working too hard? And, if so, is it because you see a direct correlation between career, and entrepreneurial success, or is it because you have no time to do things like cooking, cleaning, childcare, repairs or maintenance? Do you see it that you need to work that much longer or harder to get that much more money to pay for these services-as-necessities?
Recently, I twice stopped in two different states (one north and one south) and watched traffic cross a bridge. Not as a leisure activity, but so that I could count the number of service trucks intermingled with passenger vehicles. My informal count revealed that every second car was followed by four or five service vehicles. At casual glance, it seems that the service industry is running the economy.
The following day I have a morning interview, answering or checking the approximately 300 e-mails I receive daily, followed by a seminar and industry lunch located an hour and a half away, followed by another aftern
Ferrari have announced an alliance with SCEE which means that finally you can drive a Ferrari in Gran Turismo! More importantly it underlines how seriously the automotive manufacturers are about leveraging an ever growing audience. With 45 million copies of the game sold it’s a bit of a no brainer that a marque like Ferrari is now involved.Licensing has traditionally been a complex area
HTTP = HTML link (for blogs, profiles,phorums):
<a href="http://www.casualarticles.com/article/9992/casualarticles-Are-You-Working-Too-Hard.html">Are You Working Too Hard?</a>
BB link (for phorums):
[url=http://www.casualarticles.com/article/9992/casualarticles-Are-You-Working-Too-Hard.html]Are You Working Too Hard?[/url]
Related Articles:
What’s the Best Thing about Newsletters?
Viral Marketing - Impacting Established Brands
Bookmark it:
|