Happy From 9 to 5

A post by Charlie Gilkey about whether people would buy a $47 step-by-step program to achieve happiness prompted a very lively discussion.
So I started thinking, is happiness a teachable skill? And therefore, can we learn how to be happy at work despite it not filling our souls or not being our “purpose”?
To answer my own question [...]

Like most Mondays, here’s a video to wake you up.
It’s my favorite trance song, and whenever I go road tripping in Europe, I feel Like I’m inside the video.
Turn up the volume, enjoy.

What do you do when you are uninspired?
 
For several reasons, lately all I’ve done is work, eat and sleep. Ok, add to that commuter time, hygiene and a rock concert.
 
The fact remains that I’ve been utterly uninspired to write. I’ve been reading way too many technical things and all I could write about was just [...]

How many projects to you have to juggle before considering it’s unhealthy? 2? 10?
Lately, I have been managing way too many things at the same time, in the same 24 hours we all have. Prioritizing didn’t work because most things were showing up after some other project was already under way.
An then there were emergencies. [...]

A short time ago I heard about the 10-10-10 strategy.
What is it? It can be resumed in what consequences will your actions have in 10 minutes, 10 months and 10 years from now.
How exactly do you go by knowing how your decision will affect the next 10-increments in your life?
Suzy Welch, author of 10-10-10 A [...]

U2 once said “Some days are better than others”. What happens when all your days feel pretty bad? What can we do to slow down our brain in the middle of a chaotic day?
I do have chaotic days both at the office and in my side business (on many occasions on the same day). Often, [...]

Ok, it’s Monday again. I bet you’re as asleep as I am.
Let’s try to wake up and pretend we’re teens listening to The Rasmus’ “In the Shadows”.
I learnt at the Sibelius Museum in Turku, Finland, that this song produced more royalties for Finland than all of Sibelius works all the time. Not sure if that’s [...]