Happy Employee
The Interwebs Are A Village (Shameless Self-Promotion)
Now this is just too cool: While reviewing Dan Pink’s book Johnny Bunko I mentioned the red stapler. Believe it or not, it seems that I was the first one to pick up on this Office Space reference and Dan mentioned it on his blog!
He also called me “a blogging HR Guru”.
This man’s got a great sense of humor 
Give Them What They Want!
I’m in a great mood today (see previous post), but I really need to get this off my chest:
HR people need to stop whining all the time.
Instead, we need to start listening to our customers and provide them with what they really need.
Something I Wanted To Say…
I suck at marketing. Or call it self-promotion if you like.
And my memory is terrible. There’s something I wanted to announce for the last couple of weeks, but I just can’t put my finger on it…
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Oh yes, now that I think of it, did I tell you that I bought myself a domain name for my birthday?
Alltop Thinks I’m Kind Of A Big Deal
I’m featured on Alltop HR! And I’m allowed to display their badge on my blog! This is awesome!
Employees Are A Necessary Evil
Employees are human, but at the end of the day they’re just a resource.
Don’t get me wrong, I love working in HR and since I don’t want to start my own company, I’m happy being an employee. Of course, I don’t mind the monthly paycheck either. But sometimes a cold shower of tough reality can’t hurt.
New Job: Arrive On Time (Not Too Early, Not Too Late At All)
I talked about this before, but punctuality is extremely important. For some it’s natural while others will always struggle with it. And of course, the perception of punctuality varies depending on the company, country or culture.
Book: Johnny Bunko (The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need)
Daniel Pink could have written a classic business book about choosing a career, but he took a risk, tried something new and wrote a manga!
The ad for The Adventures Of Johnny Bunko (The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need) says that it’s “Americas first business book as manga”. It contains very nice and expressive art in the style of Japanese comics as well as fun dialogues. But it’s also full of valuable advice presented in a very engaging way.
In Daniel Pink’s own words:
Today the question at the center of work is: WTF?!
The book explores this question resulting in the “six lessons of a satisfying, successful career”. You probably heard them before in one form or another. But believe me, never like this. Or has any career counselor ever said to you that
when it comes to work, you’re as clueless as a cucumber.
I really liked how Pink introduces Johnny Bunko as a hardworking but disillusioned and somewhat clueless knowledge worker and then walks him (and the reader) through the six lessons.
I also enjoyed seeing the name of Martin Seligman (Learned Helplessness) and the face of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Flow) in a manga.
But the absolutely coolest was of course the red stapler! Okay, it’s in black & white, but it was so obvious, it had to be a red stapler.
The only bad thing about the book is that it’s too short. But I always say that after reading a great manga.
Quote: Connolly, Write For Yourself (And Have A Self)
Better to write for yourself and have no public,
than to write for the public and have no self.
-Cyril Connolly
I truly love this quote, even though it’s probably the most hypocritical thing a blogger could say. But lets analyze it from a career point of view.
