80,000 Hours’ Post

Let’s talk about manners in business. Couple days ago, I got a message from a student, which he asked me about where he could apply for my non-profit. Then, out of the blue, he throws a middle finger at me. Here’s what I will say. LinkedIn is a professional community, and it no place to mess around to fool people. People like this, especially students examining such behaviour is an absolute disappointment and is the reason why many employers, like us hesitate to hire them, or consider them to be serious. It is important to consider the implications of one’s actions— a foolish choice by one person can destroy the public image of the entire group the person may be in.

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About a month ago, I started reading the 80,000 Hours career guide, which aims to help you make the estimated 80,000 hours of your #career (working 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, 50 weeks per year, for 40 years) as meaningful and high-impact as possible. I really enjoyed the resource because it broadened my understanding of what it means to make a difference, made me examine the ways that individuals and organizations try to do so with a more critical eye, and introduced me to the #effectivealtruism community. The updated 2023 version of the guide was published recently, and you can read it here: https://lnkd.in/eq2pkdFa. While I don't think it's perfect, it's a resource I highly recommend checking out at some point.

I'm curious to know what y'all think of this message I received in an email newsletter recently. The gist of the (charming, well-written) email went like this: 🍊 It's dangerous to rely too heavily on one revenue source. I did and I got burned. (Yep, good point. Personal experience adds authority. So far, so good.) 🍊 To keep your revenue stable, you should diversify your client base and your offerings. I have all these revenue streams. (Yep, I'm with you. Again, you're building authority with a lived example.) 🍊 Even with all these revenue streams, I'm still in the red. (Record scratch.) The tactics of being vulnerable and building in public are great, and they often work. I'm not so sure, though, that you can build your authority on the message, "You should do like me. I use these tactics and I'm unprofitable." What are your thoughts? Is this a charming bit of honesty and vulnerability that would make you more willing to hire this person? Or is it a "how the sausage is made" message that would make you less likely to work with them?

UN - time to go home! You know, really, not really, we think we saw everything. The hypocrisy, the stupidity, twisting the true, but today, it was another bottom, that official UN representor hit, and still goin lower - lie! Big, fat LIE. He said , that never in the world HISTORY, killed so many civilians as in Gaza! Wow, just wow, there is no limit, how low can the UN bureaucrat go, to keep his job. So: 2.5 million civilians murdered by red Khmers, smashing their heads with the hammers, just to save bullets, it's nothing specials. 1.5 million murdered during 8 years Iran - Iraq war 8 years war in Chad Sandinistas front, tigers of Tamil Eelam, Hitler, Stalin, Pinochet, Amin this is nothing i guess, and of course Russia playing cards with Ukraine. People around the world, i want you to know, from classic UN bureaucrat, your life is nothing, if there is "money talks" who cares about you, all this i mentioned , it's nothing special from their point of view. And serious, lets look closure on this organization - UN. After world war 2, Franklin, Delano Roosevelt suggested to establish UN organization with 4 main world peace keepers - USA, Great Britain, USSR and China, France joined later as Roosevelt really hated Charles de Gaulle and France in general , blaming them that they decided not to fight against Nazi Germany. So , since then, which war the succeeded to stop? Which conflict to resolve? Who they saved? Whom they helped? All those "humanitarian" organizations that works under the UN roof, what good came from them? You, as a common citizen of Europe or USA go and try to put 100 dollars on your bank account, without good explanation where those many came from. Impossible! But here, hey, billions of uncontrolled dollars , nobody really knows who or how gets this, all terrorists and their organizations, somehow very reach people, but all those civilians, that all this many "for them" , where poor, and becoming more poor from year to year. All the humanitarian help never goes to regular people, but hey sometimes you can by it on the internet, we saw it not once. But all of this things doesn't bothering UN and all their "humanitarian" organization. They all about the money. Helping terrorists to survive, help the aggressors to win , they never stops the conflicts, just freezing them, putting on hold, so they will exist, cry every time about poor civilians, and more important , continuing to get money, for doing absolutely nothing, just because they exist. Think, how those like Hanie, or Arafat became millioners?? They from the rich families? - No! They businessman? - No! Scientists - No. How they are millioners? Those are simple question, the answer we all know. There is another one: We still need UN? Thank you!

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Having two different current roles on your profiles can be confusing for your network and future connections. Over the last eight months I've worked across two roles and continue to do so. With one of the roles being a new business that I have recently co-founded, I thought now would be a good time to give an overview of both. I’ll go into more detail about each in future posts. I’m the Volunteer Manager for Alopecia UK a small charity that works to improve the lives of people affected by Alopecia. ‘Alopecia’ simply means hair loss. There are many types of Alopecia, ranging from thinning hair to complete hair loss. As Volunteer Manager, I work with people who want to support our community find the opportunities to do that and support and care for them whilst they do. To find out more about how we do that and the opportunities available to volunteer with our charity, check out the link in the comments. I have also recently Co-founded Kage Partnership with Rachael Clarke. We’re drawing on our combined 40 plus years in professional services recruitment and shared frustration about how work doesn’t work for many. We aim to help people and organisations achieve the careers and growth then want in the fairest, most equitable and sustainable way possible. We serve Finance and Accountancy, Marketing and Transformation functions. When not working in these two roles, I am with my family. With four of the children being teenagers getting a photo with them can be rare and even rarer is the permission to share it. I love it when they show interest in what I do, so here is a picture from yesterday when I managed to capture my daughter Imogen doing just that. You can find out how to contact me to discuss how can support and help in either of my roles in bio. Have a great day everyone. #volunteering #alopecia #recruitment ID: Sarah, a bald woman sitting at her desk. She is smiling, wearing a headset and behind is a picture on the wall given to her by her parents. To her right (left on this photo) is her daughter Imogen who has short dark hair and is smiling and holding a phone.