Tag: Work

The Work Is What Matters

“The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There’s far less competition.”

— Dwight Morrow

As Ryan Holiday writes in Ego Is the Enemy, John Boyd is “one of the most influential strategists and practitioners in modern warfare,” yet he’s “someone most people have never heard of.”

The fact that Boyd is unknown is fitting, because his lasting legacy is a speech he gave to scores of young officers that has come to be known as the “To Do or To Be” speech:

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Career Work

Life Lessons I Learned While Working Manual Labor

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date January 10, 2018
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I lead a sedentary lifestyle. I work in an office and I read and write in my spare time. The most non-sitting that occurs in my day is my nightly routine of doing the dishes, where my six-foot-three frame has to stoop just to reach the bottom of the sink.

This general lack of movement and exertion is the only thing I miss about working manual labor.

Tags Career, Life, LIfe Lessons, Work

Business Work

When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Turn Down a Job

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date August 15, 2017
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This is the third entry in a three-part series on modern life in work and business – you can read part one here and part two here.

The call you’ve been awaiting finally arrives.

Tags Business, Career, How I Work, Work

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The Hellishness of a Ridiculously Long Daily Commute

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date July 25, 2017
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This is the second entry in a three-part series on modern life in work and business – you can read part one here.

I recently accepted a new job and the first question everyone asks isn’t “What’s the position?” or “What is the organization?” or even “Is it a promotion?” The question is, “Is it a shorter commute?”

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Business Work

Burnout, Arrogance, and Workaholism: The Problems with Corporate Finance

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date July 18, 2017
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This is the first entry in a three-part series on modern life in work and business.

In a darkened room lit only by the glow of a screen, you continue to hammer away.

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Career Lessons Work

What Could Have Been: Lessons and Regrets from My First Job

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date September 2, 2016
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Last night, I was reading a story online that mentioned the woman that was the CEO of the first organization in which I worked after college. As I fell down a rabbit hole of reading associated articles, it mentioned her successor, the woman that had been the VP of Finance when I was there – in other words, my boss’s boss.

The more I read, the more I found myself thinking about that job and that organization.