I'm currently delving into the book "Design Your Worklife" by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, where they introduce an intriguing concept about what drives motivation at work. They discuss the "Self Determination Theory," which posits that humans are naturally motivated from within. To feel motivated, individuals require a sense of ‘Autonomy,’ ‘Relatedness,’ and ‘Competence’ (ARC). …
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Over the weekend, one of our tasks was to review our credit card bills and eliminate unnecessary subscriptions. Fortunately, my husband was also on board this time to assess our subscriptions. While I usually consider myself diligent in managing subscriptions and routinely monitor credit card bills for the family's rationalization, I was astonished at the …
If you have been following my blog posts, you would know that Poo Poo point on Tiger Mountain is my current favorite trail and we have climed up there last 3 weekends. So how did Poo Poo point get its name? The Poo Poo point area used to be owned by the lumber company Weyhouser …
One of the training modules at Salesforce is about finding your 'purpose'...wow and just reading the introduction to that module hit home....I do need to find purpose to my life and do it asap. Now saying that I need to do it 'asap' but putting undue and unnecessary pressure...after-all purpose is an evolving live charter. …
I love getting a massage but I don’t get one often enough because for one they are expensive and I don’t feel right splurging $120 for a self indulgent massage and the other or the hassle of finding a therapist and getting an appointment. Both things I need to change, get over yourself and know …
Disclaimer… this post maybe contextual only for readers in the USA. Background for readers form other counties. When you list a house for sale here in the United States, it is a norm tor the listing to be published online on multiple websites, like the website of the listing agent, popular aggregators like Redfin and …
I believe everyone has their own cooking style some people are hard core chef’s who slow cook, cut things right, some people follow recipes to the word, others just cannot follow a recipe and cook instinctively. My cooking style I believe is quick cooking. I like to think that I can whip up dishes significantly …
Did you know that Amazon has a program where you can get paid if you Amazon products and people click on your link can buy it!!? I have seen a lot of sites which speak about being an affiliate program and getting paid if you buy things by clicking on the link but I never …
I had heard of blue collar works who do manual jobs and white collar workers who do intellectual desk jobs. Yesterday I came across the term Grey Collar or Gray collar workers which was the topic of my last post and it is essentially ‘older’ workforce. That got me thinking.. how many other ‘colors’ are …
I came across this term ‘Grey Collar Strategy’ in an WSJ article which was talking about managing workforce in the tech world. It was a new term for me so I looked it up and realized ‘Grey Collar’ essentially refers to an older workforce. This article said instead of chasing people between the age of …
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