On the Law of Diminishing Specialization by Cal Newport Deploying a technique called work value analysis, Sassone measured not only the amount of work conducted by his subjects, but also the skill level required for the work. He found that managers and other skilled professionals were spending surprisingly large percentages of their time working on tasks that could be completed by comparably lower-level employees. He identified several factors that explain this observation, but a major culprit was the rise…
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Checked in at NY Waterway Ferry Terminal Paulus Hook. Working in Manhattan today.…
What happens when we work non-stop by José Luis Peñarredonda (bbc.com) The era when work ended as people left the office is long gone. Checking and answering messages from work seems unavoidable – and even desirable for some people, as they feel it allows them to outperform competitors, or to spend more time with family without losing track of their jobs. As put by a 2006 academic paper from Ian Towers, a researcher from SRH Hochschule in Berlin, mobile technology…
Goal I (johndgardiner.micro.blog) I guess it all really does comes down to luck. I’m a person who is more statistical and likes predictable outcomes. Work hard=pay off. But this luck thing is different. It’s maddening that it’s not in my control. @johndgardiner, I think work hard and you’ll succeed is in some ways a lie. I think success in life is a combination of circumstances, choices, and dumb luck. The better your circumstances at birth and early life, the better…
Checked in at 101 Wood Avenue South. So most likely I’ll be in New York next week. The work location rotates between metro park, lower Manhattan and home.…
