One of the most important principles of Renegade HR is: “Work is something you do, not somewhere you go.”

I can’t take credit for that – it’s actually something I read in an interview with Jody and Cali, the original HR renegades who created and launched ROWE at Best Buy.

I’ll be talking about this principle in much more detail in a few weeks, but I just received an email from them that I felt I had to share with you:

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The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris is a book about quitting your 9-to-5 to pursue the life you’ve always dreamed of. This isn’t about running your own business – it’s about owning a business that runs itself so you can stop living on a “deferred life plan” and start enjoying your golden years right now.

Is it unrealistic? In many regards, of course it is. But it’s not quite as far out as you might think. I recently read The 4-Hour Workweek and to my surprise, a book about quitting your job had a few things to teach people about talent management.

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