“WeWork founder Adam Neumann’s score of a gargantuan new venture-capital investment [by Andreesen Horowitz] shows that Silicon Valley’s love affair with free-wheeling, big-spending startup founders remains hot — even in a down market.” — Axios, August 16, 2022. It was Neumann’s excess which derailed the first try of WeWork for…

“Wall Street compensation is not always about performance…it’s largely driven by office politics.” — Bloomberg, August 15, 2022. A major part of that compensation is the annual bonus. Often those who have the superior soft skills (Emotional Intelligence) get larger bonuses than the superior performers who never developed their inner…

“ PwC UK Scraps University Degree Requirement to Boost Diversity” — Blooomberg, Augst 15, 2022. And, back here in the US college enrollment is down as the faith in the ROI of a four-year degree continues to erode. Also under attack, especially through a campaign by The Wall Street Journal…

Every year millions of the ambitious come to New York, Los Angeles, London, or Paris. Some will succeed, even big. Most will downshift their dream into survival jobs — or leave. What is a key variable is this: Those who don’t really make it counted on location. However, location is…

This morning for the meditation-discussion session at the Cochise Zen Center, Bisbee, Arizona, Dharma Master Barry Biggs discussed Thinking About Thinking. Essentially, the dharma teacher was focusing on spiritual matters. But my ears perked up about how that was on the money — you bet, for career success. Too many…

“Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. confirmed Friday that it’s laying off some of its newsroom staff, part of a cost-cutting effort to lower expenses as its revenue crumbles amid a downturn in ad sales and customer subscriptions.” — Bloomberg, August 12, 2022. This reduction-in-force which puts journalists on the street means…

“Columbia now pegs its cost of attendance at $110,450 for the current academic year, appearing to beat the estimate of any other law school. The figure includes the Manhattan law school’s $75,572 tuition, plus living expenses and various university fees.” — Reuters Legal, August 11, 2022. The price tags for…

Again the numbers come in. This time from Reuters Legal. They all indicate demand for legal services from large law firms is slowing. Simultaneously direct expenses have been increasing, mostly from the rising cost of recruiting and compensating talent. Although mass layoffs are not expected, as in 2009, what could…

“We aren’t really set up to fail well. Rather, we’re indoctrinated with the value of persevering and refusing to take no for an answer.” By Jessica Dore, in the 2021 book “Tarot for Change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance, and Growth.” The American ethos is to bombard what isn’t…