Tag: work
Body moving vs. thinking
There is joy in discovering your body to be functional. Productive movement is also termed “labor,” often negatively associated with…
Contradicting wants: labor and relaxation.
At one point, wanting to fulfill your potential requires work, but you also want a peaceful and relaxed life, which…
don’t aim for happiness or you will destroy it
We say we are looking for happiness, but we are looking for a marvelous life that comes from a great…
Time to truth
Trust is in short supply. People claim to be transparent, but most CEOs rate their confidence at reading the company…
leisure: the highest human virtue
Aristotle suggests the highest human virtue is leisure. Not producing (or consuming) is when you can self-reflect and pontificate. Every…
burned out
“Burned-out” is a linguistic reference to rockets. Today burnout implies you have a weakness: a stressed gasket or aorta, an…
not working is work
There was a time (before cell phones) when you could sit for 10 minutes doing nothing. Today we convert all…
Your crafty behavior
No one is forcing you to behave this way. You have chosen it. Our behavior is goal-oriented but often comes…
solidarity in refusal to work
Solidarity is found in work, in manifesting a shared purpose. Workers can also find communion in refusing to work, shifting…