Comments on: Underachievers, Are You Simply Out of Flow? http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/04/22/underachievers-are-you-simply-out-of-flow/ Because the killer app is us. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:46:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hiring Star Performers Can Be a Mistake - The Dangers of Overhiring | Mission Minded Management http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/04/22/underachievers-are-you-simply-out-of-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-29340 Hiring Star Performers Can Be a Mistake - The Dangers of Overhiring | Mission Minded Management Wed, 07 May 2008 12:20:50 +0000 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=416#comment-29340 [...] Hurts Have you ever been underemployed? My friend and fellow blogger, Forrest Christian, equates it to being forced to work standing in a 3 foot attic crawl space all day. Sure, you can do it, but it’s exhausting - mentally and [...] [...] Hurts Have you ever been underemployed? My friend and fellow blogger, Forrest Christian, equates it to being forced to work standing in a 3 foot attic crawl space all day. Sure, you can do it, but it’s exhausting – mentally and [...]

]]> By: Forrest Christian http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/04/22/underachievers-are-you-simply-out-of-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-29339 Forrest Christian Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:32:07 +0000 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=416#comment-29339 Thanks for coming by and I'm glad to hear that you're moving forward! When you have work that fits you, it's a lot easier to respect others. There have been some remarkable examples of disrespectful behaviours falling away when people got work that fit properly, with the appropriate level of control and discretion over their work. (No bosses breathing down your neck!) Even outside of work, in the case of the CRA New Zealand Aluminium Smelter. There's more coming, so keep reading! Thanks for coming by and I’m glad to hear that you’re moving forward!

When you have work that fits you, it’s a lot easier to respect others. There have been some remarkable examples of disrespectful behaviours falling away when people got work that fit properly, with the appropriate level of control and discretion over their work. (No bosses breathing down your neck!) Even outside of work, in the case of the CRA New Zealand Aluminium Smelter.

There’s more coming, so keep reading!

]]> By: Mary McQueen http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2008/04/22/underachievers-are-you-simply-out-of-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-29338 Mary McQueen Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:38:08 +0000 http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/?p=416#comment-29338 Thank you for this discussion, Forrest. I'm so happy I bumbled onto it. Once in a while I google "adult underachiever" to see if there's anything new, and one day there you were! I got stuck in dead-end jobs after marrying an abusive man. I escaped the marriage but the under-employment problem has persisted. It's helpful to see one's predicament with job size presented so clearly. I agree whole-heartedly that it's never OK to disrespect workers of all sizes. I've been guilty of this. A friend was so exasperated and insulted by how I was forever gnashing my teeth about the low-level work I've allowed myself to get stuck in (the work is a good fit for her) that she dumped me. Today I applied for a job that would be an excellent fit for me. This discussion is helping me. Thanks again and I look forward to what's next. Thank you for this discussion, Forrest. I’m so happy I bumbled onto it. Once in a while I google “adult underachiever” to see if there’s anything new, and one day there you were!

I got stuck in dead-end jobs after marrying an abusive man. I escaped the marriage but the under-employment problem has persisted. It’s helpful to see one’s predicament with job size presented so clearly.

I agree whole-heartedly that it’s never OK to disrespect workers of all sizes. I’ve been guilty of this. A friend was so exasperated and insulted by how I was forever gnashing my teeth about the low-level work I’ve allowed myself to get stuck in (the work is a good fit for her) that she dumped me.

Today I applied for a job that would be an excellent fit for me. This discussion is helping me. Thanks again and I look forward to what’s next.

]]>