Weekend Reading: The 10 Habits of the Wealthy

As we do every Friday, we’ve collected our best stuff from the past week for your weekend reading pleasure.

What we’re reading

There are many ways to get rich, but many wealthy people exhibit the same 10 habits toward financial independence.

If you have the unfortunate task of laying off staffers, be honest and human. Basically, don’t do this.

From 99U

Ever take the rest of the day easy because you had a productive morning? Or ate some junk food because you ate well the day before? When we rationalize bad behavior this way it’s called “moral licensing” and left unchecked it could derail your long term goals.

From mahjong parlors, to stoops, to African elections, illustrator Wendy MacNaughton attributes her creativity to getting out of her own head. In other words, get out of your element, find some strangers and then shut up and listen. You can either be comfortable to be creative, but not both.

“The idea of going freelance terrified me,” says designer Craig Ward. “I had no confidence I could turn this into a career.” It was the culmination of 10 years of work, preparation, and networking. In our latest podcast episode we asked we asked Ward how he did it.

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Give Your Intern a Thesis Project

Coffee by Julia Soderberg from The Noun Project

If you’re currently managing interns or planning to hire some this coming fall, it’s imperative to remember that their job isn’t to push paper and make coffee runs. In fact, such menial tasks could potentially be construed as illegal according to the Department of Labor.

Ashley Mosley, Community Engagement Manager of InternMatch, shares a handful tips on how to generate a beneficial experience for both you and your interns. One point struck us as the strongest, and most beneficial, for both the intern and their manager:

Aside from daily tasks, your intern should be delegated one large, long-term project to undertake during their time with you. They will lead this project themselves, but you should be there to guide them in times of need. Depending on their position and your company, this could be a video project, social media campaign, marketing campaign, or even a website. This is their chance to learn, remain focused on a larger end-goal during their downtime, add value to the company, and gain a nice piece for their resume and portfolio.

By creating an awesome internship, you’ll get the best work from your interns as well as make them your advocates (and potentially future employees). Read Mosley’s full list over at the Huffington Post and then follow it up with her guide to kickstarting your internship program.

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Wendy MacNaughton: Listen to Strangers

About this presentation

There’s a prevailing myth that great works are created by lone savant-types who locks themselves in a room for days. But illustrator & graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton believes that the best stuff comes when we get out of our own heads and look for inspiration around us, like listening to the stories of strangers. 

From the voting booths in Rwanda to the porches of San Francisco, she walks us through the eye-opening illustration projects that were the result of “avoiding easy.” Whether its by talking to social workers, infiltrating a Mahjong game, or standing on street corners, MacNaughton says that being uncomfortable is what leads to creative breakthroughs. “It’s pretty incredible when we stop assuming we know what’s going on,” she says.

About Wendy MacNaughton

Wendy MacNaughton is an illustrator and graphic journalist whose books include Meanwhile in San Francisco, The City in Its Own Words; Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology; The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming A Wine Expert; and the forthcoming Pen & Ink, Tattoos and The Stories Behind Them. Her work appears in places like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Print Magazine. She lives in San Francisco with two cats, one dog and her partner, writer Caroline Paul.

Links

Personal Site
Meanwhile Comics on the Rumpus
@wendymac

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