Mad Musings Articles

Employees Don’t Quit Their Job; They Quit Their Boss!

Employees might join companies, but they leave managers. Too many managers view their position as one of entitlement rather than one of responsibility. In days past, managers would focus on developing their employees. Today they are more focused on self-promotion and...

Americans are pack rats. Swedes have the solution: ‘Death cleaning.’

If your family doesn’t want your stuff when you’re alive, they sure won’t want it when you’re dead. That’s the blunt assessment of yet another self-help author from abroad who is trying to get Americans, who have an addiction to collecting and storage units, to clean...

A pretty good idea of when humans will go extinct

This might strike you as overly optimistic or pessimistic, depending on your worldview. Certain apocalyptic scenarios envision a perfect storm of inequality, resource scarcity and political instability wiping out civilization as we know it in the next 100 years. On...

Read like you’re on a diet

I think in this context, they’re absolutely necessary. The Internet is like a bunch of fast food restaurants, all within a click’s reach, yelling at your face: “HEY YOU. READ MY SHIT.” “NO, READ MINE.” “YOU’VE GOTTA READ THIS SHIT.” “THIS SHIT IS VERY PERTINENT RIGHT...