Ilana Ettinger
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Ilana Ettinger
Two centuries ago, 84% of Americans worked on (mainly) our own farms in order to feed ourselves (decentralized, inefficient). By a century ago, we worked for a boss in big factories (centralized, more efficient), and today, while many people still work inside of big companies, more and more of us are working for ourselves or in creative jobs while
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Weaving surprising science with personal stories and original illustrations, each chapter examines one uncomfortable feeling—like envy, burnout, and anxiety—and lays out strategies for making it manageable.
Mollie West Duffy • Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay
On being an early adopter of organic cotton in Patagonia's garments: “The constraints we place on ourselves require innovation that then sets us apart from other companies”
Rodney Evans • How Patagonia became Patagonia w/ Vincent Stanley
To be sure, we’re seeing the erosion of the ideal of an employee whose family responsibilities are kept tastefully out of sight.
Joan C. Williams • The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker”
Peter Thiel has said that the best startups are like a cult that believes in something true.
David Sacks • Your Startup Is a Movement
Like “future of work” companies, workforce development companies are focused on addressing challenges in the labor markets. But unlike “future of work” companies, which are ambiguously defined to include a wide array of companies, the workforce development category is precisely focused on solutions that improve the quantity and quality of labor.
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The bottom line is that 7 Rules of Power provides a clear roadmap for increasing your personal power and status over other people, if that’s what you’re looking to achieve. But it neglects to wrestle fully with the negative impacts of the tactics it espouses.