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Talking About Religion: not so easy Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:29 AM PDT "Does religion terrify you?" – a question I saw on LinkedIn a while back… Is it proper to ask questions about religion in the workplace or on a professional network like LinkedIn?  While HR often causes us to wonder about “what is ok” – I like to think about what isn’t ok… I have long held that if there were only one way to believe than that one way would have been made clear long, long ago and the many (all human life) would know that way and follow with a sincere love and desire to do "what is right". And yet this is not the case, there are many ways to believe, many sanctuaries in which to worship – including the grandeur that is our beautiful earth, and there are nations, across this earth, where ritual, tradition, and governmental rules guide how belief is fulfilled or carried out. [Judgment is not mine but reserved for one far greater than I – whomever or whatever that might be.] The perspective that each of us carries within us rises to lead our actions and beliefs. Perspective. No one could possibly understand what my perspective is or how my core beliefs have been established. They are resultant of the life I have lived, the pain and joy I have experienced, and certain teachings that have reached inside of me and wrapped around who I am like a tenacious, clinging vine. Each of us finds a way to live with ourselves and the life around us: to live with selfish and/or angry thoughts, to live with the harsh realities that have become "normal", why I have less or more than my neighbor, why I suffered domestic abuse and she did not, why they live in squalor and we do not, why this nation is fortunate and that is not, why the way they love is wrong but ours isn’t, why my skin color or sex or age is not the right one to get the job but his is, why should she have so many babies when others cannot, and so on…, so many reasons to hate. This should not be a part of any religion and yet there it is front and center on almost every newspaper, the topic of almost every sermon, and the center of almost every war: You are different than I and that is wrong.   Just Sad.  How can differences be wrong when, supposedly, a greater being created everything? Differences are to be embraced and learned from.., they are ways for me to learn tolerance and erase selfishness, not ways to keep you or anyone else down. How you choose to live can be determined by one question to ask yourself, "what is my purpose?" When you can answer that with true conviction, the rest will fall into place. The Golden Rule:  Treat others the way you want to be treated. Simple enough and yet practically everyone has trouble truly living it. It isn’t any of the following: – “Treat others the way you think they should be treated." – “Tell others the way they should live.” – “Believe what I believe because that is the right way.” – “Love the way I love because your way is sinful.” If this simple golden rule were adhered to and lived, there would be no need for the thousands of years old ten commandments or even governmental laws. Many say that one man cannot make a difference, I do not believe this. One man, one woman or one child can make one difference at a time, all the time. What difference will you make? Rayanne Thorn, @ray_anne is the Marketing Director for the online recruiting software company, Broadbean Technology.  She is also a proud mother of four residing in Laguna Beach, California, and a contributor for Blogging4Jobs.  Connect with her on LinkedIn.

Life of an Entrepreneur: Home Office vs. Coworking Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:17 AM PDT This is a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately.  It’s really weighing on my mind.  For the last two years I have officed out of my home.  I work from the living room, kitchen table, my bed, or home office answering calls, helping clients, and running my business.  I love the freedom.  I can work when and how I want, but it comes at a price. That price is a combination of factors: Loneliness.  I work with clients mostly over the phone and internet, but there are times I miss the office banter and conversations one has in the office spaces.  Social media allows me to stay engaged with others, but there is something to be said for looking someone in the eye and talking about sports or their family in casual conversation. Work/Life.  Because my office is my home I have a tendency to work like a crazy fool.  It’s my husband’s birthday this week, he’s also working from home and I feel like we’re missing family conversations that don’t happen with my eyes glued to my laptop computer. Distractions.  I alluded to these distractions in “The Domestic Man” post I also wrote this week.  Because I work at home, I can’t escape things like my messy kitchen or toys scattered on the floor.  It’s hard to tune these out.  I’m compelled to pick up and clean up instead of getting to work. No Formal Office.  There are times when a prospective client wants to meet with me to discuss a project.  There are times when a coffee shop just isn’t enough. As an entrepreneur and business owner, this is not something that is going to go away, and I’m not yet ready to set up shop and hire a large staff that warrants a large office space.   I don’t know if I will ever be.  The potential solution is what is called coworking where groups of entrepreneurs and creatives office together in an open, shared, and collaborative space. The idea of renting a space that costs money is a point of contention between me and my husband, Greg.  He considers it a want instead of a need.  Plus $650 a month for a private 250 square foot room is a large, additional expense.  I, however, feel like I need my own space to focus my thoughts, conversations, and work.  Have you made the switch to an office or coworking space?    If you did, what successes, failures, and obstacles did you encounter? I’m looking forward to your comments.  Greg, however, has his mind made up . . . Photo Credit Open Forum.

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