Victor Loux Bookmarks Tag: work

110 bookmarks tagged “work

Free Yourself of Your Harshest Critic, and Plow Ahead - The New York Times

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You’re too close to your work to be a decent judge of it. So cut the paralyzing self-criticism and instead pour that energy into doing what you do.

Burning out

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“Burning out? I don’t have time for that, I’ve got work to do!” (allegedly Stakhanov, 1935, no reliable source)

What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? | Aeon Essays

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Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore?