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May 24 - May 25, 2023
internal satisfaction from an activity may decrease when the promise of an external reward looms.
working exclusively for external rewards rarely brings lasting fulfillment.
“He was searching for what it all meant. He thought a championship would change everything and found out it doesn’t. He was not fulfilled.”
The key is to craft a personal definition of success that takes into account what you value and what the market values—in
He understands his personal definition of good enough.
most of the time I really do love what I do for a living.
The problem with self-imposed boundaries is that they’re permeable.
decenter work in our lives.
In order to rest and, by extension, to dream, we first need to feel safe.
three most common reasons workers quit in 2021 were low pay (63 percent), no opportunities for advancement (63 percent), and feeling disrespected at work (57 percent).
each of us has worth whether or not we have a full-time
Go to work. Get your money. Come on home.
At the end of the day, a job is an economic contract. It’s an exchange of labor for money.
it is unrealistic to expect a job to be our sole method of self-actualization. That’s a burden our jobs are not designed to bear.
“You are not the work you do; you are the person you are.” A good enough job is a job that allows you to be the person you want to be.
I became acquainted with my nonproductive self.
Am I irresponsible for quitting a stable job with nothing lined up on the other end?
