Work Less and Do More

Here’s a video by Barry Schwartz, the author of “The Paradox of Choice.” Having more choices seems to be a recipe for doing less and being less happy (exactly the opposite of what we all want). I want to work this material into the book somehow, but am not quite sure how to do it.

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You can see the video of my presentation at http://qik.com/video/68444. They graciously gave me 5 minutes, I graciously took 10.

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Update the handout again to include a slightly reformatted Happy vs. Successful diagram and a list of my web resources: ten-cultural-career-lies-v4

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In yesterday’s post Can money buy happiness, people seemed to agree that money doesn’t buy happiness directly, but it can buy choices, security, freedom, etc., which can help happiness.
This question isn’t for the book, but for my own curiosity. I was talking with several people from European countries this February. We compared tax rates, and [...]

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Well, isn’t that just the cat’s pajamas. There’s a new study out that shows that happiness may be linked to absolute levels of income, after all. Of course, as the article states, it’s linked to other things as well, like time spent with friends. This may change part of my thesis for the book. …. [...]

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People liked the “Ten Career Lies” so much that I’ve decided to share my “How to Write a Cover Letter” audio, “before” and “after” cover letter text. I created this page so I didn’t have to have the same cover letter discussion with two dozen MBA coachees every year.
http://www.SteverRobbins.com/coverletter

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Steve Mills pointed out that the Ten Cultural Career Lies handout was framed entirely in terms of limitations and negativity. I’ve revised it. See the attached ten-cultural-careers-and-success-lies-v3
See the article as a web page at: http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/ten-career-lies.htm. If you like it, please digg it!

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A friend asked a very good question: how will my book be different from the other productivity books on the market?
My intent is to provide tips that cover a wide range of emotionally-powerful issues that have simple, behavioral solutions that impact people’s feelings of happiness and success. To me, the point is to live a [...]

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Click the “recording specs” link to the left to see my recording setup. You can judge the results for yourself.

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Based on reader feedback, I’ve update this. See the revised, better handouts here.
I gave a talk at Harvard Business School about ten myths we have in our culture about careers and success. By popular demand, I’ve posted a copy of the handout booklet here: Ten Cultural Lies of Careers and Success. It’s been annotated to [...]

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