There are all sorts of things people do to earn a living. But what’s most important of all is to love what you do.

The Globe and Mail recently ran an article about unusual, and quite petty, conflicts in the workplace. In this case, battles over the thermostat:
“Our offices were controlled by the same thermostat, and he was always hot while I was always cold,” she recalls. “We literally argued about it every single day.”
The tension between Ms. Wesson [...]

Is happiness attained by managing the various aspects of their job, regardless of what that job is? Is it attained by arriving at the right gimmick, strategy or device?

As the New Year Arrives – Do You Want The Same Job and Life That You Have Now?
Have you made the same New Year’s Resolution about your career for years in a row and never made it happen? Will this year be different?
Or is 2010 the year that you are determined to find career happiness? [...]

When times get tough, or when things start to look a bit uncertain, it’s not uncommon for people to start contemplating the idea of a career change. And in our highly credentialized society, that probably means going back to school.

We recently came across an interesting article at The Globe & Mail that looks at how an increasing number of employers are using social media technology to improve communication in the workplace.
These tools do provide the potential, after all, of not only getting the word out to employees, but hearing from them as well.
The author [...]

It’s common for people in office cubicles to personalize their space to a certain degree … comic strips tacked to the fabric wall, family photos on the desk.
But here are some really, really unusual cubicle decorations. Really unusual!
Here are some examples:

A YouTube oldie, but a YouTube goodie. A fantasy battle in the workplace!

It’s a traumatic time for such a shining place. It’s definitely food for thought. After all, we experience hardship in our lives, sometimes hardship that, at the time, seems impossible to overcome. And yet we somehow struggle through. No matter how hard life gets, our hearts keep beating, our lungs keep pulling in air and pushing it out again, and the big world just keeps on turning.

Sue’s story is one that we at The Right Mountain love to see: she experienced a crisis and saw it as an opportunity, and kept her eye on the ultimate goal, making dreams come true.