My Trip to the Playboy Mansion: The Importance of Challenging Convention
Most people assume that those around them are more interested in what they are doing than is the case, and…
Harrison Barnes
To Innovate You Need to Make Your Own Rules
One of the benefits of being an outsider is not being weighed down by the same social mores, rules, customs,…
Alpha Pygmy Goats, Unreasonably Optimistic Russian Attorneys and Setting High Expectations for Yourself
You can become whatever you want depending on your state of mind. You can reach as high as you want,…
The Dangers of Getting Jobs Through Friends
Despite the obvious advantages, getting jobs through a friend or relative may ultimately harm you. When you do so, you…
Picking Up Suicide Victims in a Shanghai River
Your success depends on the connections you make, and your ability to conform to the groups of which you are…
Working on Sundays and Concentrating on Your Work
In this article Harrison discusses the importance of concentrating on your work and not getting distracted. The true value of…
Rap Stars, House Managers, Crystal Meth, Prison, and Your Ego
People are naturally interested in being the best, or at least better than those around them, at the things in…
The Most Valuable Work Is Work That Repeats Itself
Repeat work is always more valuable to you than one-offs, however well-paid they may be. Companies succeed or fail depending…
How to Be a Good Manager
When a company can no longer survive, all of its jobs disappear; a good manager’s job, then, is to ensure…
Resist the Temptation to Cut Corners in Your Career
Many people fall prey to the false attractiveness of the ego, allowing it to dominate their lives and hinder their…