Mandatory Optimism

Barbara Ehrenreich is a brave and passionate author/ reporter who has written important books like "Bait and Switch" and "Nickel and Dimed." She writes about all the stuff that makes our skin crawl like corporate greed and champions underdogs. Years ago, she launched United Professionals to rally workers and lobby Washington. They found my site before the book was complete and I joined the group. Instead of giving all your blood, sweat, and tears to the job, give it to a cause. If you are a passionate woman who wants to become an activist than this is the organization for you.

I don't dwell on the chaos and misery of corporate life because it gets me so outraged. You won't see anything here about the horrors of BP because I don't know what else I could add to the conversation when the Huffington Post and others are doing such a great job reporting on it. You won't hear me dwell on pretending to be positive when everything in your day job world isn't upbeat. What you will read again and again is to control what you can and leave the rest alone.

This video is 10 minutes long--but worth it. My friend Michele is a corporate refugee/ recoveree who was an engineer and currently is a trainer with a unique angle––she works with people who want to lose the last 20 stubborn pounds. She always sends me good stuff.

Check it out and pass it on.

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