{"id":223,"date":"2009-09-03T14:42:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T21:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2009-09-03T14:42:39","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T21:42:39","slug":"work-or-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Work or Talent:"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bostonglobe\/ideas\/articles\/2009\/08\/02\/the_truth_about_grit\/?page=full\" target=\"_blank\">Hard work always wins<\/a>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hard work always wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3IMYj-3B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=21","url_meta":{"origin":223,"position":0},"title":"Coordination Costs","author":"kellio","date":"November 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"At work things are good. I have a new job, which isn't all that different from my last one. I enjoy coming to understand how work gets done though. Its a weird mix when people come together to do something and then a hierarchy emerges for who asks what to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thoughts on Work&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thoughts on Work","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":189,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=189","url_meta":{"origin":223,"position":1},"title":"Inequality sucks:","author":"kellio","date":"July 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Why Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asides&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asides","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":302,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=302","url_meta":{"origin":223,"position":2},"title":"How do you win a game?","author":"kellio","date":"May 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I wrote last time about the concept that Goldman is employing:\u00a0 \"all that is not illegal is permissible\". When they say they did nothing wrong, they mean they did nothing illegal. If some judge finds that what they did IS illegal, they will find another judge.\u00a0 If all judges find\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inside My Head&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inside My Head","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":290,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=290","url_meta":{"origin":223,"position":3},"title":"Business travel","author":"kellio","date":"April 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I am traveling a lot for work these days.\u00a0 Traveling for work is not healthy. You work very hard all day; after all you were paid to travel to this place to work....so you do it. You live at a hotel, so there isn't much to do once you get\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thoughts on Work&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thoughts on Work","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":810,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=810","url_meta":{"origin":223,"position":4},"title":"Own your career.  Ask explicitly.","author":"kellio","date":"September 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"My advice as an\u00a0HR Professional: \u00a0Own your career. Companies\/Managers don't sit around thinking about you, your career, your pay, and your\u00a0job fit (very much). \u00a0After all, they are trying to run a business! You are the most knowledgeable person at your company about how to manage\/reward you. \u00a0Share that information\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thoughts on Work&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thoughts on Work","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":414,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=414","url_meta":{"origin":223,"position":5},"title":"So you want to be a consultant?","author":"kellio","date":"January 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few thoughts on what it takes to be a good consultant (something I work at everyday): Consulting is generally filled with smart people. I mean that in the high IQ, \"Gee, s\/he is really smart\" kind of way.\u00a0 That is one thing to keep in mind if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thoughts on Work&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thoughts on Work","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225,"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}