Archives for Career Success
Successful Designer's Formula: Sagmeister's 7-Year Sabbatical Cycle
Occasionally, when we talk with business executives interested in a career sabbatical program for their workplace, an odor of “mis-information mindset” leaks between the ears of one of them. The subtle stink arises with a comment like this: “I can understand how someone unhappy, lost, dis-satisfied or suffering from priority-confusion could benefit from a break […]
A Life Lesson Today
Peggy Noonan’s Declarations column in the Wall Street Journal stays pretty political, but yesterday (6/21-22/2008) she tackled the sadness felt at the death of American television journalist, Tim Russert. While the media coverage on Tim Russert was extensive, the messages were also extremely consistent. For four days, we were told how to live a well-lived […]
Golden Giving: Volunteer Overseas With a Paycheck
While some of us are content to pick up a hammer to help Habitat in our communities, others have wanderlust wrapped around their desire to help others. During the last week, likely your heart has broken or at least felt a wee bit blubbery with news of the human suffering from tragedies in Myanmar and […]