I have, for a career, been chasing bigger.
Budgets, Brands, Awards. Bigger, Bigger, Bigger.
I have recently begun relearning small.
Intimate, honest, humble. The differences are staggering.
It is amazing how your brain works when not under the pressure to do more, faster-- bigger. When given the opportunity to actually focus on a problem, visualize a solution and explore alternatives, the job satisfaction is exponential.
Balancing life with work. Necessary with optional. Profitable with Grata.
Things just seem to balance easier with smaller. I have heard a lot of people talk about life on this side of the career guard-rail, but could not imagine until I got here, the benefits of small.
Here's to small, may you forever avoid getting too big.
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Came across your blog randomly today (used to intern under you at Noble in the late 90's). I completely agree with the concept of small - something we could all do better at - having less, doing less, etc.! Hope your small business is going well and drumming up business. I've always admired your work.
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