The Way of Work
Rick Foerster, Iwana JohannsenWhen work stops working: you're successful on paper, but suspect work can’t deliver what it promised. Here, we're exploring meaning, identity, and ambition without the hustle-guru nonsense.
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I helped build a billion-dollar company. Now I’m a nobody.
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There are, of course, many great ways to get high.
Thanks to seeing Requiem for a Dream as a teenager, I’ve stayed...
Why I didn’t write another self-help essay and wrote a novel instead
Fiction lies. But what if it brings us closer to the truth?
I remember the first time I read The Lord of the Rings. In fact, I remember exactly where I was: on the living room couch inside an old red cottage on Keuka Lake, NY. F...
The best work is work you’d pay to do
The Way of Work is newsletter for mid-career professionals who are successful on paper, but suspect work can’t deliver what it promised. This is part of the series, How to Be Irrelevant: on creativity and identity after the hunger to be imp...
How to be creative (when you're not a "creative person")
This is my 2nd essay in my new series, How to Become Irrelevant: A guide to not being a big deal. The first was nice and controversial: The joy of having zero New Year’s resolutions
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So you want to make somethin...
A Diversified Portfolio of Work
Let’s say you’re tired of the same-old at work, but not so naive to think you should just quit-and-follow-your-dreams (terrible advice unless you’re the one person it works out for).
Rather than believing a new, shiny job will fix your pro...
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Recovering startup guy turned writer. I write for people who feel the gap between external success and internal meaning. My debut novel comes out soon.
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