I’m Larry G. Maguire, a freelance writer from Dublin, Ireland where I live with my wife & kids. I’m 20+ years in business, an Hons Psychology graduate currently sitting an MSc in Work Psychology at DCU. I write primarily on psychology, creativity, life, work, and the pursuit of happiness. I…

On democratic rather than dictatorial hierarchical workplaces — Chomsky cites the dominant view of 19th Century workers; to be owned, to rent oneself to others for pay and do their bidding is an intolerable infringement on their human rights and freedoms. Why I think this is relevant to the conversation is that in workplace psychology today, we…

A Guide To Peak Human Performance Part One — I’ve been working on this guide for some time, and if you’re a subscriber to The Performatist, then you’d likely say too long. And I wouldn’t argue with that. I began writing it during lockdown to keep myself busy and, at the same time, create a series of content pieces…

Listen now (24 min) | Reading from a speech by Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American, to students at Tilburg University in 1997 — ‎Sunday Letters: [Bonus] Beyond An Economy of Work & Spend on Apple Podcasts This is a bonus episode of Sunday Letters. If you'd like access to it, become a supporter of The Sunday Letters…podcasts.apple.com This is a bonus episode of Sunday Letters. If you’d like access to it, become a supporter of The Sunday Letters Journal. This episode is a reading from a speech by Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American, to students at Tilburg University in 1997 titled Beyond An Economy of…

Listen now (38 min) | Being busy versus taking time to contemplate oneself — ‎Listen To Sunday Letters: 222 On The Merit of Doing Nothing on Apple Podcasts Support Sunday Letters Subscribe for free Transcript Extract I've been experimenting with transcriptions. Here's an…podcasts.apple.com Transcript Extract I’ve been experimenting with transcriptions. Here’s an extract from this week’s monologue.

Listen now (12 min) | “It’s hell to be poor, that’s no secret; it’s hell to be sick without money, hungry without money…” — ‎Sunday Letters: [Bonus] Bukowski on Work on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to receive Bonus episodes; https://sundayletters.larrygmaguire.com/subscribe I discovered Bukowski a few…podcasts.apple.com I discovered Bukowski a few years back and was immediately caught by the sharp end of what he wrote. He wrote from the inside out, saying what he saw and what he felt without censorship, often to the point of being crude and offensive. I think he was hated as…