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Spartan wanderer Ive been in China for over three months now, and...

patrickrhone — 2013-11-21T15:59:29+00:00

Ive been in China for over three months now, and its phenomenal how quickly that time has sped away. With three months left in this term, potential English teachers - maybe even you - are getting their paperwork together, trying to cut through their schools bullshit and preparing for a life-altering move. Maybe youve got your packing-list situated, been poked in all the right places with vaccines and even began learning a bit of Mandarin. But there is one thing that no one will have checked off their list of preparations with ease. Maybe you know what Im talking about without even saying it (or because of the title). Its your visa.

Perfectly Unbalanced

patrickrhone — 2013-11-01T04:57:06+00:00

I had spent a lot of my 20s trying to fight off these urges, now approaching 40 I cant help but think that any mild success I have had comes out of this worldview. By embracing this idea I can stop apologizing for it, I can actually appreciate how lucky I am to be exactly where I want to be, doing exactly what I want to do

Study Hacks Blog Archive You Can Be Busy or Remarkable But Not Both

patrickrhone — 2013-10-07T23:44:33+00:00

Terence Tao is one of the worlds best mathematicians. He won a Fields Medal when he was 31. He is, we can agree, remarkable. He is not, however, busy.

100% time - cemerick

patrickrhone — 2013-07-17T17:30:22+00:00

100% time means that I choose what to care about, and then dedicate all my energy to making that choice have impact.

After Your Job Is Gone | TechCrunch

patrickrhone — 2013-06-04T13:41:02+00:00

"Do you have a job? Do you like having a job? Then I have some bad news for you. The Guardian is worried “today’s technologies are going to remove people from economic activity completely.” Techonomy says “America’s real worker crisis is not immigration, it is jobs.” Om Malik asks: “People talk about robot-helpers and an army of drones, but…what is going to happen to millions of people who will be replaced by those drones and robots?” Wrong tense: the right question is what is happening. "

Kathryn Tucker: The Helping Foundation

patrickrhone — 2013-05-15T01:26:12+00:00

"What my working life did was inspire my daughter to have the courage to put herself out there, to be fearless in the eyes of her peers and to tackle nothing short of the pain of human loneliness as she sees it from her perch in the second grade"

The Freelancer's Guide To Recurring Revenue

patrickrhone — 2013-05-13T03:53:08+00:00

The Freelancer's Guide To Recurring Revenue

patrickrhone — 2013-05-13T02:53:08+00:00

Should you work for free?

patrickrhone — 2013-02-23T17:16:54+00:00

"That depends on what you mean by "work" and by "free.""

Innovation is a Fight

patrickrhone — 2013-02-18T02:02:56+00:00

"As someone who spends much of his time figuring out how to get teams to work together, the premium I’m placing on volatility might seem odd. I believe Apple benefits greatly from having a large, stable operational team that consistently and steadily gets shit done, but I also believe that in order to maintain its edge Apple needs a group of disruptors."

1922: Why I Quit Being So Accommodating | Mike Cane’s xBlog

patrickrhone — 2012-12-31T03:31:34+00:00

“You are thirty-five years old,” I said to myself. “More than half of your life has already been spent. Who is living your life, anyway? Is it actually yours? Or is it a kind of public storehouse of odd jobs? A pile of days and hours put on the counter of the world with a sign inviting every Tom, Dick, and Harry to take one?”

Thank Your Smartphone For The Extra 365 Work Hours You Log Per Year | Fast Company

patrickrhone — 2012-07-04T17:58:13+00:00

We already know Americans work a lot. Now, a new Good Technology study puts a precise number on all those phone calls and emails you log after hours: 365. That's how many overtime hours the average American works a year, though it may feel less like work when you're checking your email at the dinner table, in bed, or on vacation, as many of the 1,000 participants reported

The Lost Art of Hard Work | Expert Enough

patrickrhone — 2012-03-23T13:05:54+00:00

"Put in the damn time."

The love list - Bobulate

patrickrhone — 2012-02-14T21:18:34+00:00

"When in doubt, remember how to do what you love."

Self-Sufficient & Manual Creation | J. D. Bentley

patrickrhone — 2012-02-08T15:46:39+00:00

I have no delusions of being put on this earth to be remembered and little inclination to make such a thing happen, so I’d hesitate to say what I’m concerned with is lacking a legacy. I’m not looking to build a pyramid in my honor. What I long for is self-sufficient, manual creation."

Out on a limb

patrickrhone — 2012-01-09T13:37:30+00:00

"That's where artists do their work. Not in the safe places, but out there, in a place where they might fail, where it might end badly, where connections might be lost, sensibilities might be offended, jokes might not be gotten."

Out on a limb

patrickrhone — 2012-01-09T13:37:30+00:00

Between Fact and Fiction: Smelling The Roses. Or Whatever.

patrickrhone — 2011-10-28T02:31:57+00:00

"Things started to turn around for me when I put stuff back in the right priority boxes, and when I began to focus again on The Writing and not so much on The Publishing."

Job vs. Work Ideas, Footnotes & Revelations

patrickrhone — 2011-10-26T14:41:39+00:00

History, etymology, new economy, and doing the work, all in one paragraph! : Job vs. Work

Job vs. Work | Ideas, Footnotes & Revelations

patrickrhone — 2011-10-26T13:41:39+00:00

History, etymology, new economy, and doing the work, all in one paragraph! : Job vs. Work