Tom
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The Greeks also saw work as a curse. The Greek god of hard labor was Ponos, taken from the Latin poena for sorrow. Manual labor was for slaves, and hard work was looked down upon. Plato and Aristotle believed work was for the majority so that the elite might “engage in pure exercises of the mind—art, philosophy, and politics.”
Taylor Pearson • The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5
A media ecosystem that focuses on engagement vs. enlightenment will get you to whatever conclusion sanctifies your beliefs.
Scott Galloway • Think Slow | No Mercy / No Malice
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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youtube.comBeing an entrepreneur is a way of being. It’s about dreaming big, stretching your mind to envision what’s possible, what you could create, and how you could live your life. It’s about dreaming – and then doing.
Carrie Green • She Means Business: Turn Your Ideas into Reality and Become a Wildly Successful Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is connecting, creating, and inventing systems—be they businesses, people, ideas, or processes. A job is the act of following the operating system someone else created.
Taylor Pearson • The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5
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I usually have one fiction/ biography for bed time reading. If it’s good, I might blaze through it in a few days, then take a break. Sometimes it’s a re-read of a personal favorite.
Then I have one nonfiction book that I’m trying to “do” - maybe a how-to or self improvement book. This is usually read slowly with extensive notes / reflective... See more
Then I have one nonfiction book that I’m trying to “do” - maybe a how-to or self improvement book. This is usually read slowly with extensive notes / reflective... See more