As Seth Godin puts it: “No More Big Events” – when you are working for yourself (again, we discussed this – if you’re looking for work, you’re still working – you’re just not getting paid yet) you don’t have to go to all of those boring meetings, scripted performance evaluations, and the dreaded annual kick [...]

I remember watching movies about the Civil War (the U.S. one, not Sri Lanka) and seeing a soldier getting his leg amputated.  The soldier’s buddy would give him a stick to bite down on and a bottle of whiskey to numb the pain. That’s it.  No anesthetic.  No sterilization.  No co-pay.  For those of you [...]

A colleague and I were talking the other day (C = him, M= me): C: Yo’, what’s up? M: Just working. C: Working?  I thought you got laid off. M: Yeah, I working though.  I never stopped working.  I’m putting together footage, acting, participating in Yale Psychiatry Department laboratory test. . . C: Dude, that’s [...]

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