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Podcast: Show Crap Jobs Some Love
We Americans tend to look down on jobs that perform essential services while heaping praise on any gig that involves an office and a desk. We Americans can’t figure out […]
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Podcast: We Put the Cult in Culture
Do you work for a company or a cult? The idea is simple: attract energetic, young college graduates with the promise of fulfilling their wildest dreams and desires. Grown-up playgrounds […]
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Podcast: Technology and Productivity: An Insider’s Perspective
Task lists, calendars, passwords, email, webcams…have they made your job more efficient or have they BECOME your job? In this episode, Stephen Robles from Apple Insider joins us to discuss […]
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Busy-Bite: Focus on Doing What is Right
‘That’s What Makes Bill [Gates] Very, Very Dangerous’ The Busy-Bite: The focus is on doing what is right, not being right. Changing your mind after being presented with new information […]
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Even our Jokes are Terrifying Windows into the Dark Side of Work
In the second episode of The Busyness Paradox, we tried our hand at satire with a fake ad for a preposterously invasive employee-tracking software service called “HR Tracker.” Seemed preposterous […]
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Busy-Bite: Jeff Bezos’s Final Letter to Shareholders as CEO
If you want to be successful in business (in life, actually), you have to create more than you consume. Your goal should be to create value for everyone you interact […]
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Podcast: Frank & Paul Get Schooled
Frank and Paul have a special guest on this episode. Dr. Bento Lobo, department head of the Finance and Economics department and First Tennessee Bank Distinguished Professor of Finance, shares […]
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Podcast: The Four-Day Work Week
Five days on, two days off. Repeat. But why? Please rate and subscribe/follow our podcast. Join the Busybody family and share your ideas or workplace experiences with us. If you […]
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Is Busyness Old News?
Paul and I were holding our weekly meeting regarding the business side of The Busyness Paradox. Believe it or not, we are not just winging this whole thing, unless that’s […]
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The Thing About Email
Today we’re releasing Part 2 of The Email Paradox: Inefficient Efficiency, which continues our discussion of email overload and it’s impact on productivity and personal well-being. A third episode on […]
