What do you make of Thompson’s analysis? How do pre-defined goals shape your life?
If you enjoy insights from humanity's most curious minds, you might like my short Sunday breakdown. I distill one famous philosophical idea; you get the summary straight to your inbox. Consider joining 21,000+ thinkers enjoying a nugget... See more
“... Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life.”
But having an enviable career is one thing, and being a happy person is another.
Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is... See more