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Every Day is a New Chance to Choose

By Ishita Gupta

Choose to change perspective.

Choose to flip the switchnin your mind. Turn on the light and stop fretting about with insecurity and doubt.

Choose to do your work and be free of distraction.

Choose to see the best in someone, or choose to bring out the worst in them.

Choose to be a laser beam, with focused intention, or a scattered ray of light that doesn’t do any good.

Within the choice to choose lies power. There is an opportunity to change from yesterday to today, from moment to moment. What choices are you making at this moment?
Today?
This week?
This year?


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The First of Doing Work That Matters

Go to work on a regular basis.

Art is hard. Selling is hard. Writing is hard. Making a difference is hard.

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The Cult of Done Manifesto

By: Bre Pettis

Dear Members of the Cult of Done,

I present to you a manifesto of done. This was written in collaboration with Kio Stark in 20 minutes because we only had 20 minutes to get it done.

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What Motivates Us at Work

We all go to work (if we have a job), but why are we there?

In a recent poll by Richard Florida where 20,000 creative professionals were asked what motivates them, sup rising the results provided the following answers:

1. Challenge and responsibility
2. Flexibility
3. A stable work environment
4. Money
5. Professional development
6. Peer recognition
7. Stimulating colleagues and bosses
8. Exciting job content
9. Organizational culture
10. Location and community

Why do you go to work each day? What motivates you?

Are you on a career path that motivates you?


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Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work

Jason Fried / Ted

Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn’t a good place to do it. At TEDxMidwest, he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make work work. Read More…

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