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Comment on Successful Designer's Formula: Sagmeister's 7-Year Sabbatical Cycle by New Sabbatical Program Falls Short of Top Notch | The Sabbatical Mindset Blog

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:11:12 +0000

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Comment on Solitude: It’s Often What’s Needed, But Are You Even Capable of It? by Elizabeth Pagano

Elizabeth Pagano — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:22:14 +0000

Hi, Hendrik. Thanks for your comment, and it sounds like you have a very interesting sabbatical getaway for people. I do not know of anyone right now, but I’d suggest you post about your offering on our forum – http://forum.yoursabbatical.com/. That would be the best way to get the word out.

Comment on Solitude: It’s Often What’s Needed, But Are You Even Capable of It? by Hendrik Nelde

Hendrik Nelde — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:22:23 +0000

Dear,
I really have enjoyed my sabbatical, it took me 3 years and I am asking myself why I should quit?
Taking a sabbatical period should become obligatory!
A question: do you know somebody who wants to get away from people for a little time? Rethinking life, writing a book, looking for solutions (you might not know that they exist) or recovery from divorse, failure, bankruptcy, whatever …
I can make use of a wonderfull island in Canada in a lake that is not far from the sea. There is two (summer-) houses on it of which one is fixed and insulated completely from the outside.
Far away from people, but close enough to them for shops, restaurants, hospital and so much more…
3 months, 6 months: in exchange for some help on making the houses more comfortable in a sustainable way.
Maybe with some friends building a straw- house, a tree- house or…?
Me myself, I am building a wood gasifier so we would have heat and electricity all year around. Maybe somebody wants to help me on that one, there is a lot of progress on that point already.
Do you know somebody…?
Have a nice day,
Hendrik

Comment on Workplace Changes Will Bomb if New Life Stage Has No Name by Barbara Pagano

Barbara Pagano — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:52:43 +0000

Kirk,
Great idea – The Late Shift! In conversations, I’ve also run into the suggestion of “Third Wave” and was told to check out “Gray Panthers.”

Who’s going to get this together?
Barbara

Comment on Workplace Changes Will Bomb if New Life Stage Has No Name by Kirk Horsted

Kirk Horsted — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:22:51 +0000

Just an idea, but maybe we call those years “The Late Shift.” I like the blue-collar, hard-working (and still working!) connection. It’s tongue-in-cheek, perhaps even fun. “Shift” implies change. And it speaks of night owls, rather than old farts.

Great article, as usual. Thanks for those many insights!

Comment on The Power of Purpose and What’s Coming: A Workplace Revolution, Says Daniel Pink by Workplace Changes Will Bomb if New Life Stage Has No Name | The Sabbatical Mindset Blog

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:33:26 +0000

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Comment on Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For: 21 Offer Fully-Paid Sabbaticals by Companies That Offer Sabbaticals « radicalsabbaticalmgmt5310

Companies That Offer Sabbaticals « radicalsabbaticalmgmt5310 — Thu, 26 May 2011 10:32:36 +0000

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Comment on Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For: 21 Offer Fully-Paid Sabbaticals by Elizabeth Pagano

Elizabeth Pagano — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:27:33 +0000

Hi, Sean. Fully paid means salary and benefits remain for the period of the sabbatical. For lengths of sabbaticals, see our “Workplaces for Sabbaticals” list at http://yoursabbatical.com/learn/workplaces-for-sabbaticals/.

Comment on Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For: 21 Offer Fully-Paid Sabbaticals by Sean

Sean — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:13:52 +0000

Cool.

I’d be super interested in what a fully paid Sabbatical means.

3 weeks paid with all benefits/bonuses? or 1 year? Somewhere in between?

Comment on The After-Pregnant Pause: Is Calling Your Time Out a “Parent Sabbatical” Smart – or Not? by Lisa Grubbs

Lisa Grubbs — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:12:56 +0000

Barbara,
Have I got some thoughts about this idea!!

Do you want them or would you rather pass??