Fred Kofman on Why Your Job Is Not Your Job
My colleague Maria shared this video internally at Automattic. It’s well worth the time investment. Fred Kofman, author of Conscious Business, talks about your job and why it might not be what you think.
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The way we think about charity is dead wrong
Working with Drink for Pink and Cancer League of Colorado has me thinking a lot about nonprofits, specifically about the lack of transparency into how the funds are spent. This video from Dan Pallotta captured a lot of my thoughts. I think nonprofits…
What makes us feel good about our work?
Back in the routine of video Friday. This time around, we have Dan Ariely giving a TED talk on what motivates knowledge workers. When we think about labor, we usually think about motivation and payment as the same thing, but the reality…
Brené Brown on Empathy
Rarely, if ever, does an empathic response begin with “At least”…Someone just shared something with us that’s incredibly painful and we’re trying to silverlining it. Brené Brown discussing how to create a genuine empathic connection. (h/t Mercer)
Cal Newport—Quit Social Media
Cal Newport is one of my favorite authors. In particular, his book Deep Work is one of my favorites. I was already aware of Cal’s stance on social media, but I thought his TED talk broke down his main arguments against…
The Tragic Gap
Jessica Lawrence presents "On leading" from PopTech discussing many things about leadership including "the tragic gap"—the gap between what is and what we know is possible.
Read MorePUSH: A Fitness Tracker That Measures Power and Strength
Fitness trackers have come a long way in the past several years, and they’re only going to continue to improve. PUSH, a new tracker about to hit the market for purchase, is promising to measure things like peak power output…