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Jack Turner, MBA
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ILLUMINATION

·Aug 8

Why I Challenge Myself to Learn a New Skill Every Year

Lessons learned through learning to surf as a 30-something city dweller — Each year, alongside my new year’s resolutions I make a commitment to learn a new skill. I decided a few years ago to make this annual commitment, as the older I get, the more set in my ways I’m becoming — afraid of trying new things and stepping outside my…

Learning

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Why I Challenge Myself to Learn a New Skill Every Year
Why I Challenge Myself to Learn a New Skill Every Year
Learning

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ILLUMINATION

·Jul 31

A Five-Step Process to Help Middle Managers Convince Their Colleagues to Reduce Meeting Overload

Lessons from Shopify’s experiment to delete 322,000 hours of meetings — You’re not imagining it — we are in more meetings than ever before. Microsoft found that the amount of time the average Teams user spent in meetings more than tripled between February 2020 and February 2022 (Microsoft Teams is a virtual meeting platform similar to Zoom and Slack.) A study…

Careers

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A Five-Step Process to Help Middle Managers Convince Their Colleagues to Reduce Meeting Overload
A Five-Step Process to Help Middle Managers Convince Their Colleagues to Reduce Meeting Overload
Careers

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ILLUMINATION

·Jul 22

Learn the Mental Model Runners Used to Overcome Limiting Beliefs and Run a 4-Minute Mile

How one person changed their belief system and challenged what the world thought was possible — On May 6th, 1964, Roger Bannister shocked the world when he became the first person to run a sub-4 minute mile. Runners had been chasing this goal since at least 1886, a challenge involving the most brilliant coaches and gifted athletes worldwide. …

Leadership

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Learn the Mental Model Runners Used to Overcome Limiting Beliefs and Run a 4-Minute Mile
Learn the Mental Model Runners Used to Overcome Limiting Beliefs and Run a 4-Minute Mile
Leadership

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ILLUMINATION

·Jul 17

Over-employment: How Remote Workers Work Two Jobs, Earn Two Salaries, and Avoid Getting Caught

For many over-employment is a way to take back control from employers — but is it ethical to do so? — At the start of the pandemic, a relative of mine, let’s call him Jonathan, was told he was going to be made redundant from his job as a product manager at a large tech company. The company gave him plenty of warning, so he started looking round for another job…

Remote Working

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Over-employment: How Remote Workers Work Two Jobs, Earn Two Salaries, and Avoid Getting Caught
Over-employment: How Remote Workers Work Two Jobs, Earn Two Salaries, and Avoid Getting Caught
Remote Working

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Better Humans

·Jul 7

How To Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs, and Achieve Much More Than You Think

Here’s how doing this helped me complete my first marathon. — How many times have you written yourself off, or passed on opportunities due to beliefs like: “I’m not smart enough” “I’m not fit enough” “I’m too old to do that” In December 2022 I decided I wanted to run a marathon. At the time I had completed a couple of…

Self Improvement

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How To Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs, and Achieve Much More Than You Think
How To Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs, and Achieve Much More Than You Think
Self Improvement

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ILLUMINATION

·Jun 29

The Drastic Tactics Companies Are Using to Get People Back in The Office

Not getting back to your desk could affect your pay, performance reviews, and more — For many business leaders, the results of their remote work experiments are in. With employers questioning remote worker productivity, and arguing that in-person meetings and magic watercooler moments are essential for idea generation, they want people back in the office. Despite this, for many, working from home is now seen…

Leadership

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The Drastic Tactics Companies Are Using to Get People Back in The Office
The Drastic Tactics Companies Are Using to Get People Back in The Office
Leadership

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Career of you

·Jun 25

How to Make $190K Writing Tech Books on the Side With Greg Lim

And why he intends to keep his day job — Something is happening in the world of work. More and more people are quietly earning a second income stream by crafting valuable products, and selling them online — sometimes at scale. What’s interesting is that many of these people aren’t doing so in a frenzied attempt to escape their day…

Side Hustle

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How to Make $190K Writing Tech Books on the Side With Greg Lim
How to Make $190K Writing Tech Books on the Side With Greg Lim
Side Hustle

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ILLUMINATION

·Jun 18

4 Reasons Tech Firms, Early Advocates of Remote Work, Are Forcing People Back to the Office

Some of them are undeniable — Just over a year ago, Lyft proudly announced it was “now a fully flexible workplace”, and that employees would “have the choice of where to live and where to work”. In April, Lyft’s new CEO David Rishner laid off more than 1,000 employees, roughly 26% of its workforce, and mandated…

Leadership

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4 Reasons Tech Firms, Early Advocates of Remote Work, Are Forcing People Back to the Office
4 Reasons Tech Firms, Early Advocates of Remote Work, Are Forcing People Back to the Office
Leadership

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Career of you

·Jun 5

How to Stay “Relatively” Fit When You Work 60+ Hours A Week

Including the exact exercise and meal plans I use Exercise. We all know we need it. But when weighed against the demands of work, family, (and your side-gig writing on medium) it’s one of the easiest things to de-prioritize. …

Productivity

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How to Stay “Relatively” Fit When You Work 60+ Hours A Week
How to Stay “Relatively” Fit When You Work 60+ Hours A Week
Productivity

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Career of you

·May 26

How Lauren Como Turned Her Passion for Personal Finance Blogging into a $318k Side Business

And why she intends to keep her day job — If you spend enough time online, it doesn’t take long until you read stories of people leveraging the scale of the internet to build highly profitable businesses. What’s interesting is that many of these people have successful day jobs. Rather than trying to “build an online empire and escape the…

Online Business

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How Lauren Como Turned Her Passion for Personal Finance Blogging into a $318k Side Business
How Lauren Como Turned Her Passion for Personal Finance Blogging into a $318k Side Business
Online Business

9 min read

Jack Turner, MBA

Jack Turner, MBA

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Career writer; helping knowledge workers build skills, pay bills, and prepare for the future of work. Inquiries: jackjosephjohnsonturner@gmail.com

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