Ilana Ettinger
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Ilana Ettinger
The Most Popular Idea I've Ever Invented (PARA Method) | Part 1
youtu.beAn interesting way of organizing multiple workstreams in life - especially relevant for people with portfolio careers or multiple businesses or varied projects and interests
Uncertainty. Anger. Despair. Envy. When you’re overwhelmed by big feelings, it can seem like you’re the only one who is struggling. But having difficult emotions doesn’t mean you’re malfunctioning. It means you’re human.
Mollie West Duffy • Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay
It’s because there’s still a widespread reverence for the “ideal worker.” We commonly define the ideal worker as someone who starts working in early adulthood and continues, full-time and full force, for 40 years straight. The concept reflects a breadwinner-homemaker model that dates back to the Industrial Revolution and functioned fairly well
... See moreJoan C. Williams • The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker”
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Status Signaling and
“But the Greeks and the Romans both believed in the idea of an external daemon of creativity—a sort of house elf, if you will, who lived within the walls of your home and who sometimes aided you in your labors. The Romans had a specific term for that helpful house elf. They called it your genius—your guardian deity, the conduit of your inspiration.... See more
For instance: in our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it. Again, an objective measure is hard to find, but one easy way to get a sense is to ask: what would happen were this entire class of people to simply disappear? Say what you like about nurses,... See more