Comments on: Niceness is the new career trend http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/ Career and life advice for the new generation Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: How to Deal With Big Jerks | Modite http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-350796 How to Deal With Big Jerks | Modite Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:04:10 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-350796 [...] In some cases, I have succeeded. In many more, I have deftly restrained myself. [...] [...] In some cases, I have succeeded. In many more, I have deftly restrained myself. [...]

]]> By: One Guy, One Girl, Two Start-Ups and a Relationship | Modite http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-341902 One Guy, One Girl, Two Start-Ups and a Relationship | Modite Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:07:10 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-341902 [...] I walk into work, much of that has to go away. I imagine this is natural for most people who enjoy their jobs, but particularly at start-ups you have to be ready to do whatever is put in front of you that day. [...] [...] I walk into work, much of that has to go away. I imagine this is natural for most people who enjoy their jobs, but particularly at start-ups you have to be ready to do whatever is put in front of you that day. [...]

]]> By: What’s wrong with the workplace - and what’s next | Modite http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-309427 What’s wrong with the workplace - and what’s next | Modite Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:51:51 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-309427 [...] no longer exclusively linked to extrinsic motivations like salary or titles, but to projects that make us feel good and do good for the [...] [...] no longer exclusively linked to extrinsic motivations like salary or titles, but to projects that make us feel good and do good for the [...]

]]> By: How to be a Bad American? « life: unqualified http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-284655 How to be a Bad American? « life: unqualified Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:01:55 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-284655 [...] even the “good” side of business, the nice side, the ethical side (a growing trend, apparently), isn’t really for me. I want something more unconventional, more free. You could [...] [...] even the “good” side of business, the nice side, the ethical side (a growing trend, apparently), isn’t really for me. I want something more unconventional, more free. You could [...]

]]> By: Is Gen Y teamwork killing creativity? | Modite http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-264346 Is Gen Y teamwork killing creativity? | Modite Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:12:23 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-264346 [...] Y is a kind generation. Our conservative lifestyles and penchants for quiet opinions have led us to work together quite [...] [...] Y is a kind generation. Our conservative lifestyles and penchants for quiet opinions have led us to work together quite [...]

]]> By: Kirstin Butler http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-263431 Kirstin Butler Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:58:01 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-263431 I really enjoyed this post and feel excited to be living in a time where optimism is getting its fair due. One of the things I think Generations Y and younger have been trying to crack for some time now is how to do well by doing good, i.e., not thinking of success and social contribution as mutually exclusive. Many new entrepreneurial models build this idea into their business plans. Conducting one's affairs with kindness is the basis for that philosophy, since niceness creates a foundation for social good. I hope that this turns out to be more than a simple Sunday trending piece in the Times--in some ways I think our future depends on it. I really enjoyed this post and feel excited to be living in a time where optimism is getting its fair due. One of the things I think Generations Y and younger have been trying to crack for some time now is how to do well by doing good, i.e., not thinking of success and social contribution as mutually exclusive. Many new entrepreneurial models build this idea into their business plans. Conducting one’s affairs with kindness is the basis for that philosophy, since niceness creates a foundation for social good.

I hope that this turns out to be more than a simple Sunday trending piece in the Times–in some ways I think our future depends on it.

]]> By: Megan Michelle http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-262765 Megan Michelle Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:57:49 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-262765 Jesse Thorn of The Sound of Young America calls it "The New Sincerity." http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2006/02/manifesto-for-new-sincerity.html - interesting post! Jesse Thorn of The Sound of Young America calls it “The New Sincerity.” http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2006/02/manifesto-for-new-sincerity.html – interesting post!

]]> By: Denis http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-262100 Denis Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:34:56 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-262100 "Mean is out"... I bit optimistic shall we say? But I do really hope that you are right! :) “Mean is out”… I bit optimistic shall we say? But I do really hope that you are right! :)

]]> By: How to pitch for what you want | Modite http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-261993 How to pitch for what you want | Modite Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:57:09 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-261993 [...] And I never heard a thank you. Ever. That sort of thing happened all the time and what irks me even more is that it still does. Constantly. You have to show appreciation. [...] [...] And I never heard a thank you. Ever. That sort of thing happened all the time and what irks me even more is that it still does. Constantly. You have to show appreciation. [...]

]]> By: How Would I Market to Myself: Marketing to Gen Y Consumers « PR Interactive http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-261800 How Would I Market to Myself: Marketing to Gen Y Consumers « PR Interactive Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:06:28 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2009/06/02/the-new-trend-is-happiness/#comment-261800 [...] Give back. Millennials are do-gooders, and we pride ourselves on supporting companies that are good, too.  If you can leverage a social [...] [...] Give back. Millennials are do-gooders, and we pride ourselves on supporting companies that are good, too.  If you can leverage a social [...]

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