A review by jessgrieser
Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business by Paul Jarvis

3.0

I read this to think about academia from a business perspective. Academics are in many ways the quintessential companies of one: everything rests on our own personal planning. Although this was geared more toward people who have to think about profit and loss, the ideas of being circumspect about productivity and growing sustainably apply just as well to academe as they do to the business world. Academics tend to take on too much too fast, especially at the career stage I am at, and this is a good reminder to keep growth in check with respect to larger goals—autonomy, freedom, eventual plans for retirement.

This would be a good book to pair with other work on career capital like [b:So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love|13525945|So Good They Can't Ignore You Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love|Cal Newport|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1360564614l/13525945._SY75_.jpg|19086651] or for academics specifically something like [b:Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy|26367751|Slow Professor Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy|Maggie Berg|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1464180701l/26367751._SY75_.jpg|46370258].