Olympic moms
Getting to the Olympics is no small feat. Even if you don’t medal, I’d wager it’s roughly the equivalent of achieving a C-level job at …Read More
Category Archives: Work
Conference Fail: In which I take the swag
One of the funny things about being a self-help writer is that people assume you take your own advice. I try to. I wouldn’t write …Read More
Windsurfing in Schumpeter’s gale
One of the most evocative concepts in economics is “creative destruction.” In Joseph Schumpeter’s 1942 book, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, he described this force as …Read More
Productivity lessons from maternity leave (repost)
I’m on vacation this week and so am recycling some old posts. This one ran in November 2009, shortly after I had my second child. …Read More
#ThingsIDidWhilePG
Marissa Mayer’s rise to the CEO position at Yahoo was all over the news yesterday. It would have been anyway, but she helped the story …Read More
Does a clean desk help you work?
A cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, the saying goes -- which may explain why Australian company BHP Billiton’s rule book, leaked …Read More
The To-Ignore List
Last week I posted a link to Peter Bregman’s Lifehacker article on making two lists: a to-do list, and a to-ignore list. The to-ignore list …Read More
The frictionless labor market
There are two labor markets: the W-2 one, and the 1099 one. W-2s are the tax forms you get if you’re on someone’s payroll. 1099s …Read More
The half-hour problem
Long-time readers of this blog know that I have a favorite data set: The American Time Use Survey. This annual study from the Bureau of …Read More
The last 15 minutes are always crazy
A few years ago, I read a Real Simple article about how several women had reformed their mornings. They wanted the daily trip out the …Read More