More than a living

Apparently, they still haven’t fixed the job description/want ad problem.
Mr. Peabody, could I borrow that thing for a sec?
In light of Guy Kawasaki going off on want ads and 37signals going off on want ads, we’ve gone back in time to pretend we didn’t publish this, this, or this, until now.

The engaging conversation occurring around “Knowing when to quit” already had me feeling better about the latest Kumquat decisions.
And then I read this from Joel on Software:
Every day you make a tiny bit of progress. You make one thing just a smidgen better.
There are thousands and tens of thousands of these tiny things.
It takes a […]

We here at More than a living tend to bemoan the state of the workplace in the United States. It’s what we know, so it’s where we focus our critique.
A while back, Toby highlighted the level of dissatisfaction in the workplace.
Well, I thought I’d pile on–expanding the realm of dissatisfaction, as it were–with a recent […]

The folks over at Gawker are currently running a contest to find New York’s most evil boss. Which leads us More than a living types (apparently all atwitter about The No Asshole Rule and who have heard some doozies as far as “bad boss” stories go) to wonder…
How do the evil bosses in good ol’ […]

Our pursuits here at More than a living are often twofold. Two sides of the same coin.
On one hand, we’re in the business of helping you focus. Helping you find perspective. And helping you get the most out of you. Helping you find meaning.
On the other, we’re trying to help you identify the primary barriers […]

When you’re looking for feedback on your performance, it’s critical that you know your critics and know your fans.
That’s going to temper your questions and your results.
If you’re looking for some praise to raise your spirits, then you’re going to want to go to your pool of “encouragers.” (The Career Encouragement Blog advises that part […]

Turnover blows. Here is how you can prevent the pain - forever:

Hire incompetent people - no one else ever will. They will be yours to keep until the day they retire.
Promote people beyond their abilities.
Always eliminate training first in budget cuts. Training only enhances peoples’ self worth and sense of mobility.
Describe your micro-management practices in […]

Now, let’s be honest. We’ve all told a little fib or two on our resume from time to time. Added a little hyperbole. (Like saying that you were Time’s Person of the Year in 2006.) Blown a few things out of proportion. Reported a metric that might have been little off-topic.
It happens. It’s a first […]

[Editor: Toby and I got into a little conversation about “babysitting vs. parenting,” and how that analogy applied to employees and careers and whatnot. He was taking it from a managerial perspective and I was taking it from a career perspective. So, guess what? We’re both going to post on the topic. Here’s his take […]

How would you like to work for Brad Garlinghouse at Yahoo!?
Yeah, me too.
Read his Peanut Butter Manifesto or, if the Wall Street Journal link lapses, via Techcrunch.
See? I told you everyone had one.