Comments on: Everyone Needs a Home

By: SalvadorLeal.com » Job

SalvadorLeal.com » Job — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:53:55 +0000

[...] que traten acerca del clima laboral y cómo lograr un mejor ambiente de trabajo. Hoy encontré un post en el blog de Schaefer que me llamó mucho la [...]

By: Akshay Kapur

Akshay Kapur — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:30:08 +0000

What’d you think of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”?? I don’t have much good to say about it, but maybe I missed something!

By: Akshay Kapur

Akshay Kapur — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:28:10 +0000

Cameron,

Having traveled a lot in the past few months, I’ve learned to relish the feeling of coming back home and sleeping in my own bed. There’s nothing like it!

The chicken or the egg principle is at play here though, because I’m not sure if moving to buffalo made it home or that all the things I consider “home” are in Buffalo. I lean towards the latter because our homes change and will do so often in the next few decades.

Yet I can’t agree with “home is where the heart is” because the idea of “settling” is very personal and idiosyncratic. I lived in NYC longer than in Buffalo but I wouldn’t ever call NYC home. It just didn’t fit in my view of what “home” was.

By: Cameron Schaefer

Cameron Schaefer — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:34:25 +0000

@ Dad of Divas,

Completely agree with you that building a home environment at work is infinitely harder AND it can never completely match a healthy home environment. But, as you said, even in a workplace that simply resembles home in a small way work gets done so much better.

Thanks for the comment!

By: Dad of Divas

Dad of Divas — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:06:39 +0000

You are right about this one Cameron. Having a place that you can call home is SO important. After I am away on work, having my daughters come and run into my arms or give me a special smile means so much. Building a community atwork that relishes this is also imoprtant bu not always as easy to foster. I have worked in both types of environment and you truly are more productive and happier in the type that supports the things that you are mentioning.

Great post, and welcome home!