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Finally, it is here. The official launch day for 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think.
What, you may ask, is 168 hours? It’s what you get when you multiply 24 x 7. There are 168 hours in a week.
Unless you are a regular reader of this blog, I am guessing you did not know this. Few people do. But I think “168 hours” is a much better way to think of our time than… read more »
Feeding the Idea Beast
Where do breakthrough ideas come from?
It is a good question. Many of us need to be creative these days for our jobs, giving the idea beast new fodder almost on command. But can you come up with ideas on command? After years of honing the process, I’ve realized that I can trace a lot of my ideas to two activities:
1. Exposing my brain to something new 2. Physic… read more »
Moms, part-time work is overrated
(From my USA Today column, 5/11/10)
For Mother’s Day this past weekend, families everywhere nabbed flowers and brunch reservations to celebrate. If you’d asked moms what they really wanted, though, here’s what many would answer: to work part-time.
Unlike in 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson inaugurated Mother’s Day, th… read more »
First Friday Book Synopsis and 168 Hours
Thanks to the folks over at First Friday Book Synopsis for sharing some questions from 168 Hours on how to find the right job!
One of my favorite is a gut-check one: if someone offered you a windfall to never do the “stuff” of your current job again, how would you feel about that? Like a real windfall. Let’s say $400 million. Would you take it?
I… read more »
Salary.com and the $117,867 mom
Every year around Mother’s Day, Salary.com posts a calculation of what price a mom’s services would command on the open market. This year, Salary.com values a stay-at-home mom’s salary as $117,867, and a working mom’s as $71,868.
It’s always good to get people talking about what a woman’s work is worth. It’s… read more »
