… Substack just raised 15 million dollars. Have to say - so far so … very good
In case you were wondering …
AMAZON WANTS TO GIVE USERS $10 IN EXCHANGE FOR TRACKING THEM ALL OVER THE WEB
Grammarly
So in light of this - is anyone tempted by - or have you already made - the jump to pro.
All thoughts and opinions welcome.
Funny Stuff from the other Apple .. not, not the Beatles’ Apple … there was another one. Who knew?
Anyway, scroll down after the click through for 4 ‘mini-homages’ to the ‘I’m a Mac and I’m a PC’ campaigns.
Too many people use client and customer interchangeably, maybe they think it sounds better? Stop.
client 1: one that is under the protection of another 2: person who engages the professional advice or services of another
customer 1: one that purchases a commodity or service
Newsletter Number Eight : Work-Life balance - it solves the wrong problem really well.⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/work-li… ⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst â£#worklifebalance ⣠â£â£
Newsletter Number Seven : Ditch The Binary - why are people either âoldâ or âyoungâ and why when most of us get âoldâ are we told to retire - unless you are the Rolling Stones of course â¦â£ â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/ditch-t… ⣠â£â£ â£â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst â£#ageism ⣠â£â£â£â£ â£
Newsletter Number Six : The Challenge Of Work - exploring the real value of YOU to who you work for.⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/the-cha… ⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst â£#futureofwork ⣠â£â£
⦠says the âvoice of the corporate. But is it really? Have you heard what they say about us behind closed doors?⣠â£â£ â£This is Newsletter Number Five : âCorporate Speakâ⣠â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/all-els… â£â£ â£â£â£â£â£â£ â£â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst â£#language #corporate ⣠â£
Newsletter Number Five : Do Corporations really believe that people are their greatest assets?⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/all-els… ⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst ⣠â£â£ â£The newsletter includes links back to work by Om, Hamdi, Harold â¦
Newsletter Number Three : Humanity⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-… ⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst #humantohuman #me2b #h2h ⣠â£â£ â£This particular shirt has a story all by itself - more to come on that.
Newsletter Number Two : Supply and Demand - were looking at it all wrong.⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-… ⣠â£â£â£â£ â£â£#newsletter #peoplefirst #supplychain #marketplace
Time to start talking about my newsletter. This was the first issue - just an introduction.⣠â£â£ â£You can read it here : johnphilpin.substack.com/p/people-… ⣠â£â£ â£#newsletter #peoplefirst
Looks like my 4th (and final for now) part of my Data series just went live.
In this one I cast out all analogies and explore data as energy.
What Is Data? Part 4 : A is for ‘Another Way Of Looking At DATA’
Work-Life Balance Solves The Wrong Problem Really Well … this weeks newsletter from People First.
Work-Life Balance
Trading my time for the pay I get (up!)
The Vogues
Living on money that I ain't made yet (up!)
Gotta keep goin' gotta make my way (up!)
But I live for the end of the day (up!)
Written in 1965 - and nothing has changed. This newsletter introduced you to the 4P model of People First ... Pay, Purpose, Play and Passion.
With a more open, enlightened recruiting process there is so much more that people could do in any company if they were given the chance. The answer is to stop job filling and start fulfilling.

They might not be ‘the oldest professions’ but lawyers and accountants are up there. And they all agree on one thing. You want my services, you pay.
There are some —-heads in the world. My advice? Whatever you do, think like you are working in one of the oldest professions.