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My Why

April 21, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

"Do you love your job? Why?" That's what my friend Jill Felska threw out there as a Facebook status the other day. I didn't even have to think about my answer it was almost as if my fingers typed "Because it's not a job, it's my life" out of reflex. This caused Jill to ask me a few followup … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: Facebook, friend, jill, jill felska, jobs, life, perspective, question, questions, three questions, why

How work looks in 2011 and beyond

March 9, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Starting now and into the foreseeable future, how work looks has changed for all of us. If you don't believe me, ask the public sector union employees in Wisconsin and other states. Government jobs once seemed secure and immune from layoffs, pay cuts, benefits changes and furlough days of which many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: 2011, business, employer, employment, government jobs, jobs, richard branson, virgin group, work

I Work Without A Job Or Time Clock

August 6, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

I don't have a job and haven't for more than fifteen years. I do work and quite often I'm working my butt off. I network, I hustle, I sell stuff, I juggle money and all the other crazy stuff small business people do. Trust me it's nothing like a job. How do I know? Well, if all goes according to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Choices, motivation, personal development, sales Tagged With: a job, crazy stuff, energy, human interest, i work, jobs, mental energy, self employment, selling stuff, time clock

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