On The Job

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

That’s what Liz Wiseman believes a lot of people wonder. As author of a new book, “ Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work,” Wiseman argues that in our rapidly changing workplace, experience can be a curse while inexperience can be a blessing. What happened to that person?

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

People at work do not say anything to me like, “Sorry you got dumped and seemed to have stopped working.” Ryan Paugh , our community manager, calls me to say that he thinks I need to start having someone look at what I post in the group before I post it. There is a shower in our building. Can you use a blog as a dating site?

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook People at work are asking me why I am not working as many hours as I used to. Now I see it’s a problem for people who think they will get fired for being unpleasant. Or for people who think their kids will grow up and hate them for being emotionally unpredictable. He is crying.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

I don’t think people are happy or unhappy. For one thing, people who are happy do not look for a lot of choices, according to Barry Schwartz, in his book, The Paradox of Choice. I think this because I’ve lived in NYC, where people value having a wide range of choices and opportunities over having a life that makes them feel happy.

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