Why people reward innate talent over hard work – BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230517-why-people-reward-innate-talent-over-hard-work
The key is to develop the habit of creating. Preferably regularly. Reward and appreciate your subconscious and other selves for their ideas!
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230228-the-german-clinics-for-burnt-out-parents
Gee, wouldn’t it be nice if Americans had a right to health retreats?
But this is America, where only billionaires have rights.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230217-how-shrinking-teams-are-pushing-workers-to-the-brink
Having been on teams built on the principle of “fewer and fewer people”, all I can say is that businesses managed that way will eventually fail.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220921-how-going-above-and-beyond-at-work-became-required
How very true! “Meets expectations” performance would net you a 3% raise (a net-pay cut vs inflation). Going “above and beyond” might get you 4-5%. Still a net pay cut.
Sad that this was from an employer that was always talking about and promoting employee health, well-being, and work-life balance.
Something to think about – at work if you’re still in the office world, in your creative work if you’re an author or artist.
If you’re a writer, how does this apply to your characters when they find themselves in situations where they think they know what to do?
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220804-the-surprising-benefits-of-gossip
This article was interesting to me, for a couple of reasons.
First, the possibility that a human need for gossip led to the development of language? Fun (to me, at least)!
Second, after two years and four months of working remotely… what and how does office gossip affect things?
Gossip can be good or bad. In the age of #MeToo, gossip that warns its listeners to “Never be alone with” certain men can save people and companies a lot of trouble!
So, for writers and storytellers, how do you use gossip in your tales?
I recently retired. (Yay, me!)
I used to post links to articles about leadership and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to my former employer’s intranet. A number of my former co-workers said they liked that. And I liked sharing things I’d read.
So I told me them I’d think about posting them on my Dancing Tree frog blog.
So I’ll be doing that. Look for these topics:
* Leadership
* DEI
* Workthoughts
Hope they help!
Dancing Treefrog 