I prefer meaning to happiness: Peter Thiel
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I prefer meaning to happiness: Peter Thiel
This theory is consistent with data suggesting that meaning is healthier than happiness, and that people who look for purpose in their work are more successful in pursuing their passions—and less likely to quit their jobs—than those who look for joy. While enjoyment waxes and wanes, meaning tends to last.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
I am aware that I shouldn’t judge how people try to escape the 9-to-5 grind. I am aware that a job’s purpose is money, not emotional enrichment. I know!
What I am instead arguing for is something more expansive. The thing you should work hard at is everything . Finding ways to imbue each moment with meaning and purpose and effort is the only path t... See more
What I am instead arguing for is something more expansive. The thing you should work hard at is everything . Finding ways to imbue each moment with meaning and purpose and effort is the only path t... See more
Evan Armstrong • You must devote yourself to the cause of your life.
Experiences are fun and having influence is rewarding but only mattering makes us happy. Do stuff that matters.
Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
More important is the realization that finding something worth doing indefinitely is more powerful and exciting than any type of security, comfort, stability, or respect a job might offer.
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
Happiness, meaning and fulfilment are not synonymous. What makes us happy is the satisfaction of our ego’s needs, and what gives our life meaning and fulfilment is the satisfaction of our soul’s needs.