Comments on: The Way I Work http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/ Get to know David Kadavy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2665 kadavy Mon, 24 May 2010 15:57:36 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-2665 Thanks for reading, Eddie. Your browser downloaded your (Google Analytics) cookie when you visited my site :) Thanks for reading, Eddie. Your browser downloaded your (Google Analytics) cookie when you visited my site :)

]]> By: Eddie http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2644 Eddie Sun, 23 May 2010 04:16:22 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-2644 An excellent read. Hearing how others works is always enlightening. Please send my cookie to: PO Box 470 Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia I hope it isn't too mouldy when it arrives :P An excellent read. Hearing how others works is always enlightening.

Please send my cookie to:
PO Box 470
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Australia

I hope it isn’t too mouldy when it arrives :P

]]> By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 kadavy Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:48:32 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-1228 I think I follow you, Patty. I definitely find fitting into a traditional job role not only limiting, but dangerous and unsustainable. When you lose that job, or something happens to your industry, you are left with nothing but your experiences in that job role, and none of the necessary skills or knowledge to really fend for yourself. You obviously have a better sense of this, but I'm not so sure that entrepreneurship was really just not for you. Starting a business from scratch - especially when it's a new concept - takes either an enormous critical mass of resources and support, or incredible self-motivation. It's not something I *personally* am capable of, because I have/had neither. But when you allow yourself to start with the tiniest things - things you can do even while you hold a job - feedback loops motivate you to continue building, while the world changes and sometimes makes an idea more viable as a business. This is that little snowball I'm talking about, and it allows your business to grow around you, rather than vice-versa. The snowball has to reach a certain size before it has enough mass to become a motivator. I'll be digging deeper into this concept in future posts. It's important to note that living an integrated life makes it less likely that your industry will suddenly fall out from under you. If you are out of touch with what you do, this can very well happen. When you build a living around your passion and curiosity, you're much less likely to miss the signs. This is the danger in simply looking for a job that simply allows you to live the live you want to live. As far as parenthood and love, these things demand a great deal of one's capacity, yet at the same time, they provide many elements that lend themselves to an integrated lifestyle. Besides emotional support they provide experiences and challenges that create opportunities for entrepreneurship (as I hope to explain further in future posts). I personally - by circumstance, design, and "the universe" - am in a position where I can devote a huge portion of my capacity to the entrepreneurship piece of my vision of an integrated lifestyle, and can take risks I might not if they affected others. So, I don't speak from experience, and invite any insights others might have about balancing relationships and family life with budding entrepreneurship. I think I follow you, Patty. I definitely find fitting into a traditional job role not only limiting, but dangerous and unsustainable. When you lose that job, or something happens to your industry, you are left with nothing but your experiences in that job role, and none of the necessary skills or knowledge to really fend for yourself.

You obviously have a better sense of this, but I’m not so sure that entrepreneurship was really just not for you. Starting a business from scratch – especially when it’s a new concept – takes either an enormous critical mass of resources and support, or incredible self-motivation. It’s not something I *personally* am capable of, because I have/had neither.

But when you allow yourself to start with the tiniest things – things you can do even while you hold a job – feedback loops motivate you to continue building, while the world changes and sometimes makes an idea more viable as a business. This is that little snowball I’m talking about, and it allows your business to grow around you, rather than vice-versa. The snowball has to reach a certain size before it has enough mass to become a motivator. I’ll be digging deeper into this concept in future posts.

It’s important to note that living an integrated life makes it less likely that your industry will suddenly fall out from under you. If you are out of touch with what you do, this can very well happen. When you build a living around your passion and curiosity, you’re much less likely to miss the signs. This is the danger in simply looking for a job that simply allows you to live the live you want to live.

As far as parenthood and love, these things demand a great deal of one’s capacity, yet at the same time, they provide many elements that lend themselves to an integrated lifestyle. Besides emotional support they provide experiences and challenges that create opportunities for entrepreneurship (as I hope to explain further in future posts).

I personally – by circumstance, design, and “the universe” – am in a position where I can devote a huge portion of my capacity to the entrepreneurship piece of my vision of an integrated lifestyle, and can take risks I might not if they affected others. So, I don’t speak from experience, and invite any insights others might have about balancing relationships and family life with budding entrepreneurship.

]]> By: Patty http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Patty Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:09:44 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-1227 This was really nice to read. Anyone who knows you can speak to the truth of this. I have been wondering lately though about the idea of vocational calling and finding the perfect job. There is so much emphasis in our culture about finding the "dream job" and "doing what you love" and I wonder how good that advice is. What happens when you lose that job to downsizing or you chose parenthood or love or your industry become obsolete? Who are you without the job? It puts a lot of pressure on a job to expect it to bring personal fulfillment. I think entrepreneurship is one way to address this, not expect a job to do it, to creat the dream life/job yourself. I am one of those people who "had the courage to try," but found that pure entrepreneurship didn't fit and that it limited my ability to thrive. So where does that leave the rest of us with limited marketable freelancing skills? I'm thinking that maybe finding or creating the perfect job may not be the best way to focus our efforts. Perhaps it's best to look for a job (or revenue stream) that allows you do live the life you want to live. The emphasis on vocational calling still keeps the two worlds separate--life and work. Work-life balance, what does that even mean? Your life is a great example of finding a way to integrate the self. To stop making role (employee, partner, parent, citizen) distictions and learn how to just be and live as one integrated self. This was really nice to read. Anyone who knows you can speak to the truth of this.
I have been wondering lately though about the idea of vocational calling and finding the perfect job. There is so much emphasis in our culture about finding the “dream job” and “doing what you love” and I wonder how good that advice is. What happens when you lose that job to downsizing or you chose parenthood or love or your industry become obsolete? Who are you without the job? It puts a lot of pressure on a job to expect it to bring personal fulfillment.
I think entrepreneurship is one way to address this, not expect a job to do it, to creat the dream life/job yourself. I am one of those people who “had the courage to try,” but found that pure entrepreneurship didn’t fit and that it limited my ability to thrive. So where does that leave the rest of us with limited marketable freelancing skills? I’m thinking that maybe finding or creating the perfect job may not be the best way to focus our efforts. Perhaps it’s best to look for a job (or revenue stream) that allows you do live the life you want to live.
The emphasis on vocational calling still keeps the two worlds separate–life and work. Work-life balance, what does that even mean? Your life is a great example of finding a way to integrate the self. To stop making role (employee, partner, parent, citizen) distictions and learn how to just be and live as one integrated self.

]]> By: Inga Rundquist http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Inga Rundquist Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:05:52 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-1225 Sounds eerily similar to my work day -- aside from working hours, that is. Thanks for sharing! Sounds eerily similar to my work day — aside from working hours, that is. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 kadavy Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:18:37 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-1224 Thanks Randy! Thanks for reading it - it's a long one. Thanks Randy! Thanks for reading it – it’s a long one.

]]> By: Randy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Randy Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:02:35 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-1223 David, great article! I can see why Lisa liked working with you so much. David, great article! I can see why Lisa liked working with you so much.

]]> By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 kadavy Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:03:35 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-1222 Haha - just this morning I was thinking of all of the things that I learned in working with you, Pam, in just a couple of months. If only all of my employed career could have been that rich with growth. Then I wake up, and get this great comment from you. 2010 is going to be great for both of us, Pam! Haha – just this morning I was thinking of all of the things that I learned in working with you, Pam, in just a couple of months. If only all of my employed career could have been that rich with growth.

Then I wake up, and get this great comment from you. 2010 is going to be great for both of us, Pam!

]]> By: Pam http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 Pam Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:58:29 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-1221 Kadavy, you never cease to amaze me. I am reminded of what a great experience it was to work side-by-side with you. Thanks for kick-starting the new year with these words of wisdom - "making decisions happens more effectively when all of the stakeholders get a chance to process all of the influencing factors and make an informed decision, or better yet, just respect one another's roles and powers of judgement." Here's to 2010! Kadavy, you never cease to amaze me. I am reminded of what a great experience it was to work side-by-side with you. Thanks for kick-starting the new year with these words of wisdom – “making decisions happens more effectively when all of the stakeholders get a chance to process all of the influencing factors and make an informed decision, or better yet, just respect one another’s roles and powers of judgement.” Here’s to 2010!

]]> By: rishi http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-way-i-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 rishi Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:14:10 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=885#comment-1219 wonderful article. Enjoyed reading it. You are a good writer. wonderful article. Enjoyed reading it. You are a good writer.

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