One creative way to answer the question, "Should you keep your day job?" is to form a dialogue group within a Company of Friends cell. One purpose of the Fast Company readers' network is to assist travelers with the chore of unpacking ...READ»
How many truly content people do you know?
If you can tick off your answers on one hand, consider my second question: Why are so few people truly satisfied?
One reason is our natural, insatiable sense of curiosity. Discovery is an ...READ»
How many truly content people do you know?
If you can tick off your answers on one hand, consider my second question: Why are so few people truly satisfied?
One reason is our natural, insatiable sense of curiosity. Discovery is an ...READ»
A couple of years ago, Richard Leider offered Fast Company readers advice on organizing their own personal board of directors. The concept remains a good idea -- if you can't find the support and guidance you'd like within your ...READ»
Many people tell me, "This job isn't it! I want something more." Yet, when I ask them to define it, I often receive a blank stare.
In the past, a secure job with decent pay satisfied most of our career expectations. Now, in the new ...READ»
Dear Richard Leider,
I read with great interest and heartfelt sadness your column: "Should I Keep My Day Job?" It seemed to be speaking to me.
I have a six-figure day job and am a national leader in my field, but it is not what I am ...READ»
Why work?
For most of us, this question sounds ridiculous because we don't have a choice in the matter. Paid work is essential to our survival. We work to eat.
But survival's not the sole incentive. Survival doesn't explain why we ...READ»
Toss the alarm clock. Abandon your routine, chores, and obligations. Retreat to an enchanted island. Pitch a tent in the shade of a volcano. Bury your toes in the sand and live out your dream.
We all had great dreams once. As ...READ»
Toss the alarm clock. Abandon your routine, chores, and obligations. Retreat to an enchanted island. Pitch a tent in the shade of a volcano. Bury your toes in the sand and live out your dream.
We all had great dreams once. As ...READ»
John, great piece and good idea! I think there are two "currencies" we work for - emotional and economic. And I think that far too many companies pay only out of the "economic" check book when they should be using both.
Most of the ...READ»
Fast Company's recent RealTime San Diego generated a remarkable collection of ideas, tools, and inspirational advice. Here are 25 of the smartest insights that we took away from the event.READ»
Fast Company's recent RealTime San Diego generated a remarkable collection of ideas, tools, and inspirational advice. Here are 25 of the smartest insights that we took away from the event.READ»
Want to know how to motivate people to take on tough odds? Ask the folks in Pfizer's labs, where managing failure is a fine art and superhuman persistence an everyday habit.READ»
Fast Company's RealTime Philadelphia generated a remarkable collection of ideas, tools, and inspirational advice. Here are 25 of the smartest insights that we took away from the event. Feel free to put them to use and share them with your colleagues.READ»
