Blog of Josh Hall

you should always be a contributing member of society.  not for what you will leave behind, but for what you will enable others to do.  Non Nobis Solum, the Latin motto for “Not for ourselves alone” means that “it’s not for me, it’s for everyone.”  You’re life is to be lived giving from your gifts […]

It’s important to dream, but know what’s a dream and what you’re just not working hard enough to achieve.

I wonder what the corporate smoking policy is at cigarette manufacturers.  Do they have no breaks because people can smoke as much as they want to anywhere in the office?  Does everyone get free cigarettes?  There’s got to be a hard balance from encouraging loyalty to your product to also maintaining productivity to investing in […]

The bracelet labeled “Corporate Whore”, I’ve worn since I got my foot in the door, They bent me over the desk, and I begged to work more, So that I can pay for things I can’t afford.   The watch that ticks the time, Reminds me of times I watched slip by, Every opportunity missed, […]

if resolution can’t be met over 3 emails, it’s time to escalate to the phone.  Don’t forget rules 161 and 162.

I stumbled on Austin Kleon’s list here.  I’ll break down his list, and add in my own advice and support for each of them.  After all, all advice is autobiographical and all I’m doing is stealing like an artist.  A lot of these are already similar to a Hall’s Rule of Social Order, and some […]