photo by papercuts Have you ever been in a group discussion, disagreed with what someone is saying and felt a burning desire to ‘show them the light’? If so – and assuming you acted upon it – how did they respond? I’m willing to guess not well. People are naturally distrustful of words, they are [...]
Photo by Marcodede Sharm El Shiek is an Egyptian city that exists purely because of tourism. With the average wage for most Egyptian men (there are almost no Egyptian women in Sharm) being around a measly 60 – 100 USD per month, they inevitably turn to taking advantage of the tourists in order to make [...]
photo by said&done When I was 17 I used to work in a supermarket on the checkouts. Occasionally an item wouldn’t scan properly and it would need to be rescanned. I decided any customers that I liked, that greeted me warmly or were a hot girl, would not get their items rescanned. That I would [...]
Wikileaks is developingan uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking Photo by Zara and analysis. Wow. This is an example of how the Internet changes everything. For so long we have lived with the belief that one man cannot make any real change. We may say to ourselves; sure, Malcom X made a difference, Ghandi [...]
Photo by gadgetgirl Part 1: Why you need to look out for number one Part 2: Don’t work too fast Part 3: Let the details tell the story Part 4: Deflect envy For my final instalment for this series I want to talk about letting people know what you’re upto. At work there are [...]
Photo by mmlobster The people in your direct proximity are your biggest danger of being discovered slacking, be it on purpose or inadvertendly. You cannot hold it against people for revealing your true game plan, they may not share the same beliefs as you. That energy is better spent learning from your mistakes and devising [...]
Photo by lesec So far we’ve established that you need to look after number one and discussed the importance of not working too fast. In this post, I’ll be talking about the perception of being busy and how it’s all in the details. “Why do the Yankees always win? The other team can’t stop looking at the [...]
Photo by littledan77 If you don’t have seem to get enough time to earn and living and do the things that you like then you’re working too hard. You owe it to yourself to spend as much time as possible on fulfilling your needs on the company’s clock. So far I’ve covered: Why You Need [...]
Photo by frankeys creation Would you like to work half your hours but still receive all your pay? Do you wish you had more time for reading books and catching up on your RSS feeds? Do you have projects underway or in mind that you can’t find time to work on? Do you work [...]
