Whose life are you living? . . . . . .your imperfect one? Or the one someone else thinks you should be living?
Flexible Work Schedules – Do You Have One?
Does your boss care if you’re late to work? If he or she is a “manage by the whites of their eyes” type boss, then most likely the answer is yes. However, it’s more likely that if you work in an office environment, your boss will grant you some flexibility in the name of work-life…
Arrogance at Work – How Should You Handle It?
Is it ever OK to tolerate arrogance in the workplace? This is the central question that became apparent to me after I wrote a post about how to find empathy for the office jerk. After reading the excellent comments from People Equation readers, I realized that a distinction was in order: the answer depends on…
3 Questions to Refocus Your Life Plan
It seems hard to believe now, but there was a time when broadcast journalist Diane Sawyer was stuck. Shortly after college graduation (where she majored in “Identity Crisis and Self-Absorption, with a minor in Poetry and Daydreaming”1) she returned home, feeling aimless and unsettled. Her father asked her these three questions to help her get…
Why You Should Care About the Office A$$hole
You may suspect that the arrogant, hyper-critical jerk guy in the office next to you is overcompensating for a lack of something, but what? Turns out it’s not a lack of basic human decency, but instead it’s most likely a self-esteem deficit. According to research cited on the I/O at Work site (I/O = Industrial…