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Instead, they’re potentialities to be harnessed. If we can structure meaning and freedom into our work now, we see the Tom Sawyer Effect—work goes from being an obligation to a choice. It’s no longer something we’re obligated to do, but something we seek out.
Taylor Pearson • The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5
We are increasingly deferring to our guts and emotions vs. slowing our thinking.
Scott Galloway • Think Slow | No Mercy / No Malice
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I have often tried to identify a guide or sherpa for different aspects of my life. Jesus and Muhammad Ali are my Yodas around social issues (love the poor, be fearless and poetic) and Peter Drucker informs my views on the economy (the purpose of an economy is to create a middle class), etc.
Scott Galloway • Think Slow | No Mercy / No Malice
Two-thousand years ago, concepts of work and leisure were associated with servitude and freedom, respectively. In Ancient Greece, explains Aeon, most of the labour was outsourced to slaves, while wealthier parts of society pursued other activities. “Leisure was an active state of mind. Good leisure meant playing sports, learning music theory, debat... See more
bbc • The way we view free time is making us less happy
We also have a skewed perception of probable gains and losses: We overestimate the likelihood of unlikely things. Insurance is a profitable business because people would rather suffer a series of guaranteed small losses (premiums) than risk a single but unlikely catastrophic loss