The Working Experience

The GDP is often used to measure the well-being of a nation. However, it only measures the "gross", not the "net". Such costs as the impact of the manufacturing of cars on the environment and the costs of income inequality are not factored into the equation. There is more to people's well-being than producing goods.

TGIM!  Thanks a Veteran for their service and scoring the working man a day off!  Matty K and John discuss hustle, grit and how everyone loves to play the blame game.   Win Monday, win Life!

He has been described as erratic, impulsive and incompetent by his own generals. Yet, despite the myriad failed businesses (Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump University etc) the myth of the genius deal-maker still persists. People believe what they want to believe.  And will Donny dodge yet another bullet with the impeachment process!

According to Bloomberg, everyone has a "Wealth Number". Unsurprisingly, there are a lot more people with a low wealth number (-2 to 2: subsistence farmer) than a high wealth number (11: Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates).  The rest of us fit somewhere in between.  And it's comforting to know that the human soul can be represented by a number.

We have brought TGIM back form the dead!  Matty K and John did a reorg at The Working Experience, we hired some pricey management consultants to tell us what to do - a complete waste of money and time.  But hey, you get a little affirmation for your Monday Morning!  Which is a win!  Plus we let you know what's coming up on this week's episodes. Listen and enjoy!

Due to stress and overwork, many Americans are not getting enough sleep. This has long term health consequences.  John and Matty K offer tips on getting enough sleep. Matty K personally goes to bed at 5pm and sleeps until 8am...he also needs someone to tuck him in with a warm glass of milk...a fragile soul.

A computer can teach itself chess but can it be a creative, sentient being? Do we want it to be? Are computers going to feel angst, joy and sorrow? Will they feel those emotions artificially? Will they become angry at us?  Matty K and John muster as much intelligence as possible to discuss this big issue

It is pretty widely accepted that even a few minutes of quiet meditation helps reduce stress and improves health.  The big rage is to squeeze out every last bit of productivity from the modern worker...so every company needs a $4,000 meditation booth!!! This contraption is basically a standard phone booth pre-smartphone era - and Matty K and John are designing a workplace Panic Room so you can screw and cry in privacy about your soul-sucking JOB!

Everybody has things they hate about their job. And, if we pay attention, we have things to like about our jobs as well. Life isn't all lollipops and creamsicles but appreciating what we have helps us to be happy.

Happy Friday folks!  On this mini-episode of IFMF, Matty K and John discuss the physics behind picking up leaves, bobbing for apples in a hot tub, and the utter magnificence of the state of Florida!  It's Friday, time to get your party on and head into the weekend fist first superhero style!