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White collar workers’ bubble

It seems that many white-collar workers think that just about everyone can just work remotely. We’ve seen that recently with the big hype about Covid-19, social distancing, and working from home. Columnist Michael Strain writes in Bloomberg and National Review about remote work being overhyped and emphasizes that the future of work is still going […]

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Thoughts on churches opening despite executive orders

A few thoughts regarding the debate on whether churches should oppose and go against a governor’s executive order that says churches should close: Church members should do their best to follow and support their pastors and other leaders who have been entrusted with this type of decision making. Churches and church members shouldn’t fight against […]

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Whipping the golden goose

Originally posted November 25, 2017. I still remember that one scary line in an email from my supervisor early in my management career. “That can’t happen again.” It was a short email with three sentences, and a couple other managers were copied on that message. I was informed that one of my employees had confronted […]

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Suicide, work, and self-worth

Originally posted November 25, 2017. Shortly after I had started my staffing company, someone came up to me at a networking event and told me there was someone I had to meet. I was soon introduced to a thin, retired gentleman who was often nicknamed the “Job Doc.” His name is George Hoyt, a retired […]

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Just five minutes … and 30 years

Originally posted November 20, 2017. A story is often told of a woman who came up to Pablo Picasso and asked him to draw a sketch. He sketched it and gave it back to her saying, “That will cost you $10,000.” “But you took just five minutes to do the sketch,” she said. “The sketch […]