The Way of Work
SubstackPersonal essays by a former startup executive on identity, meaning and ambition after leaving corporate life. Readers get candid, humorous reflections on careers, creativity and escaping the pressure to be impressive.
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Personal essays by a former startup executive on identity, meaning and ambition after leaving corporate life. Readers get candid, humorous reflections on careers, creativity and escaping the pressure to be impressive.
The Broken Hand Dispatches is a personal newsletter of essays and reflections on resisting the pressures of modern work and consumer life, such as a profile of a man building a sandcastle-style fortress on a New Zealand beach. Its issues also share poetry and contemplative writing about slowing down, paying attention, and finding meaning outside economic routines.
A newsletter from a community for people building businesses around their passions, talents and values, with essays on work and meaning and occasional role spotlights. The excerpts are short and offer limited detail, so the depth of its practical guidance is hard to judge.
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