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I hope everyone is hanging in there with social distancing. If you're looking for something to listen to while folding laundry, making dinner, or while …Read More
I hope everyone is hanging in there with social distancing. If you're looking for something to listen to while folding laundry, making dinner, or while …Read More
Certain kinds of work have to be done on-site. Medical procedures, construction... But a lot of modern knowledge work is done by communicating with other …Read More
I welcomed kid #5 four weeks ago today. I started tracking my time continuously in April 2015, so I have a good picture of my …Read More
I recently received a letter from a reader about what I know is a common career dilemma. This reader wrote that she was moving up …Read More
Every year around this time, I read articles about how companies are moving away from annual performance reviews. Yet a lot of places still do …Read More
Back in 2018, I reviewed the book The Ambition Decisions for the Wall Street Journal. This book (which I had mixed feelings about) surveyed the …Read More
Various labor studies have found that, over the past few decades, the proportion of workers claiming to do at least some of their work form …Read More
One of the benefits of tracking my time is that I don't need to have those conversations with myself that go "hey, didn't that happen …Read More
The Wall Street Journal ran my review (paywall, sorry) of Hana Schank and Elizabeth Wallace's new book, The Ambition Decisions, on Tuesday. The authors -- feeling …Read More
Over the years, I have given several talks at companies known for extreme hours. I know that sometimes the speech organizers are wary that an …Read More