“How to Be Happy in Business”
by Tony Chavira
For architects and designers out there trying to create amazing sustainable works of art while begging clients for promised projects; for policy professionals struggling to find a balance between working with your boss and helping the downtrodden; for finance professionals attempting to fight your way through the current downturn while providing some sort of future for your children; for non-profit professionals struggling to find the financial means to look out for the interests of those who need help the most; and for those who opt to walking or taking the bus on your lunch break from the hustle and bustle of your workday, Bud Caddell's "How to Be Happy in Business" venn diagram and blog post is for you:
I’ve been working at start-ups and small businesses since I was 14 years old. My father and his father before him owned and operated their own small businesses. There’s something about the fight for survival for a small team that’s coded in my DNA. It’s one of the reasons I enjoy working at Undercurrent so much. We’re small and thus we’re nimble. We’re lean and thus we’re malleable. And our age and our medium demand both.
I doodled this little venn diagram in my notepad the other day when we were talking about our own kung-fu and I realized it’s basically the conversation I’ve had for the last 12 years.
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