Category Archives: Meaning

I Love My Job: Rasmussen/Su, Husband & Wife Architects

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Toby Lucich

In the second of a semi-regular interview series on people who love their jobs, I spoke with Kevin Rasmussen and Vivian Su, a husband and wife team running their own small architecture firm. They have worked to create a lifestyle … Continue reading →

Posted in Autonomy, Career, Fulfillment, Meaning, Passion, Work-life balance | 2 Comments

I Love My Job: New Interview Series

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Toby Lucich

We talk often on this blog about the quest to find work that is personally meaningful, much more that just a paycheck, and ultimately a job that is THE job — the one you’d prefer to have over any other. … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Employment, Fulfillment, Meaning, More than a living, Purpose | 8 Comments

Make every project a portfolio piece

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

(This is part of the “Enhance perspective, assume control” series) One of the things that always killed me about working on the corporate side of the desk was my perspective. I always felt like I owed something to “the Business.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Control, Meaning, Perspective | 2 Comments

Potty Training, College, and Other Tasks You Should Tackle Yourself

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Toby Lucich

Ugh. If you have (had) a little person in your home, you know what potty training is all about. This is a crazy mix of hope, anxiety, and sense of pending loss as your little person flirts with the idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Can vs. Should, Growth, Meaning, Mentoring | 3 Comments

The only constant is you

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

When Toby and I started scribbling the ideas that became More than a living, we were trying to find a way to describe the business ennui in which we both found ourselves seemingly irrevocably ensconced. Part of that cathartic process … Continue reading →

Posted in Autonomy, Career, Goals, Growth, Happiness, Meaning, Passion, Performance, Purpose, Responsibility | 4 Comments

Work-Life Balance is a myth

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Work-life balance. Oy. Everybody loves to wax on and on and on about the infamous “work-life balance.” As if it were some mystical answer to all the problems of the business world. How everyone would be happy little clams in … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Meaning, Myth, Work-life balance, Wrong | 8 Comments

More Useless Meetings, Please

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Toby Lucich

Nothing is more disrespectful than showing up late to a meeting. It is almost better to completely blow it off, at least then people can assume you had a scheduling conflict. I know you know that it is disrespectful. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Failure, Meaning, Wrong | 2 Comments

There's even a manifesto for being happy at work

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Rick Turoczy

The more manifestos the better. That’s what we always say. And while 26 points may be a little long–and rival the verbosity of our own postulates–I think this is well worth the read: The Happy At Work Manifesto (Hat tip … Continue reading →

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Miscommunicating on money versus meaning

Posted on December 8, 2006 by Rick Turoczy

This really did start out as a comment to John Moore’s Brand Autopsy entry entitled Is it Making Money or Making Meaning? But I just kept writing and writing and writing. So I thought I’d move it over here. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Meaning, Money, Motivation | 3 Comments