by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC The market hasn’t been this brutal since the Greeks went shopping in downtown Troy. What few jobs arise get swarmed by hungry mobs, throwing elbows and slinging resumes for a shot at a steady paycheck. Even table-waiting gigs attract over 100 applicants each, while requiring multiple [...]
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by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango & Self-Marketing Instructor Recently in Ohio, 700 people applied for a job as a janitor. But that shouldn’t really surprise us these days: the janitorial gig paid $16/hour and came with — get this — benefits. Plus, janitorial work beats the hell out of coaching for the [...]
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These days, it’s a luxury just to have a job you can hate… “What, you’ve got a steady gig with health insurance? Hell, if you don’t like it, let me have it and I’ll hate it for you…” So maybe the timing isn’t exactly right for a book on dealing with career discontentment. Then again, [...]
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"Common sense is the little man in a gray suit who never makes a mistake at addition, but it's always someone else's money he's adding up."
- Raymond Chandler
Let's hear it for uncommon sense: that inner itch that inspires you to stray from the herd, ditch the training wheels and leap into the fast lane. As we all know, it's the risk takers who get their faces on the cover of Wired magazine and their words on National Public Radio. No one ever remembers who won "honorable mention"...
Cool Rules Pronto celebrates uncommon sense in marketing and media. It's written by Freddy J. Nager, the Founder of the L.A.-based creative strategy agency Atomic Tango LLC, and marketing instructor at UCLA Extension and Robert Kennedy College of Zurich, Switzerland.
