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Jun 13, 2013
Play Games for God?
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St. Charles Borromeos was one night with a group of people playing chess. This was a social evening; they sat playing chess. And somebody injected into the conversation that evening, "If you were going to die this very night, what would you do?" And so one person said he would do one thing, one another. One would seek a reconciliation. Another would go... Read More + |
Feb 14, 2013
Books on Work: Every Good Endeavor
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A colleague and I were talking about the value of work—why we perceive some work as more important or “worthy” than other work, and how that spills over to the perception that some people are more valuable than others. “We all share the same inherent value,” I said. “Whether we’re the CEO or the janitor, we each have the same inherent value.” “Oh, I... Read More + |
Jun 6, 2013
Imagination and the Work of Faith
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In third grade, I taught myself to raise one eyebrow at a time. I had seen and heard enough by then to know this ol' world had more wretched than redeemable, and I was assertively armed and ready to express my new-found cynicism. Anything that could serve as a mirror, from the windows on the school bus to the large rectangular one over my dresser,... Read More + |
Jun 6, 2013
Books on Work: Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath, Part One
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On Mondays in June we’ll be discussing Chip and Dan Heath’s latest book Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work. This week we cover the introduction through chapter four. Chip and Dan Heath want to help us make better decisions. It is not enough, they say, to understand why we make the mistakes we do. If we truly want to improve the... Read More + |
Jun 12, 2013
Three Reflective Questions to Improve Your Job Performance
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I recently spent a couple of hours thinkingabout my job instead of actually doing it. I mulled over the current state of affairs at work, my priorities, my recent accomplishments, where my time is being spent, and so on. I guess you could say I was reflecting. To some of you, this may sound like a colossally assinine waste of time, but self-reflection is... Read More + |
Jun 5, 2013
How to Get What You Want From an Unreasonable Boss
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Esther, the Queen of Persia who saved the Jewish people from annihilation in the fifth Century BC, is a master at tackling problems at work. To start, she understands how to influence an irrational, pompous boss. If she were alive today, she’d offer a pricey yet wildly popular seminar: How To Get What You Want From An Unreasonable Boss. She makes it look... Read More + |
Jun 5, 2013
Give Me a Break
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While planning our family’s first real-deal, official vacation, I came across the following statistic: According to research on young professionals in central New Jersey, “86% plan to take an adventure vacation (hiking, diving, etc.) in the next 12 months.” That’s a lot of people planning a break from their daily work. It also reported that “84% use... Read More + |
Jun 6, 2013
Working for God’s Best
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Mark comes home from another exhausting night in the pediatric emergency room. In his mind he reviews the children’s faces, the difficult cases, the pained parents, and the good that he and his medical team were able to accomplish. It was a very hard night and yet a fulfilling night for all of the comfort and healing he was able to administer. There is... Read More + |
Jun 14, 2013
When Dreamer Becomes Employee
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My first day was a rush of paperwork, welcome signs, and smiles. "We’re so glad that you are here!" one teacher exclaimed, lipstick smeared crookedly across her lips. I smiled back and shook her hand. I was her new boss; this was my new job, serving as the academic director of a small ESL school. I had been married for less than two weeks, and we had... Read More + |
Jun 7, 2013
Making the Right Moves
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McDonald’s, 1991. I was 18 and working front counter when a regional manager asked me if I’d ever considered moving up in the restaurant. "No way," I said. "That’s for people like you." We had worked together several times and he thought I had potential. (I was teaching new employees how to make fries, after all.) What his question did was scare me. I... Read More + |
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