“..it's not how much you work, but how working so much makes you feel that counts. And how I felt was iserable.”
Source: The Man Who Mistook His Job for a Life: A Chronic Overachiever Finds the Way Home
“The same everlasting Father who cares for you today will care for you tomorrow and every day.
Either he will shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
Be at peace then and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginings.”
“Die Wirtschaft hat nicht die Aufgabe, Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen. Im Gegenteil! Die Aufgabe der Wirtschaft ist es, die Menschen von der Arbeit zu befreien.”
“Normally I give permission to take my daughter for a walk after only the building of a wall and a stone pathway.' He smiled. 'For future reference.'
'But, Pan, I knew after the first week that a walk was not the only thing I would request,' the Pigeon said, smiling, 'and winter will be here soon.”
Source: A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
“We had visceral, rich memories of dull, interminable hours. Then a day would pass in perfect harmony with our projects, our family members, and our coworkers, and we couldn’t believe we were getting paid for this.”
Source: Then We Came to the End
“The main character, Gene Moore, is shown how much of his identity is wrapped up in his career and potential in that career. When he comes home from war no longer able to see himself as a baseball prospect, he isn't sure who he is. This is thoroughly reinforced every time one of his acquaintances identifies him by baseball or inquires about his status. How much of our identity and worth is wrapped up in our job title or the one we are aspiring to?”
Source: Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams
“Când ai de facut o lucrare, nu te gândi mereu la întregimea ei; executa fragmentul pe care-l ai în fata, si când ai terminat cu el, mergi mai departe”
“There's also an advisory board that's very into"--I made air quotes--"'optimal productivity.' Some theory about how productivity increases when workers don't know what their work is going to be each day. Switching from one task to another helps employees adapt and become more nimble? Something like that."
"Well, that's completely psychotic," Sailor said, but in an unsurprised way. "Wonder how many members of this illustrious advisory board own sweatshop empires, am I right?”
Source: The Island of Last Things
“The leaders we need now don't compete with machines—they use them to amplify what humans alone choose to care about.”
Source: AI and the Art of Being Human: A practical guide to thriving with AI while rediscovering yourself in the process
“In the competitive frame, every AI advance diminishes human worth. In the collaborative frame though, AI handles the replicable so we can invest in the relational and transcendent.”
Source: AI and the Art of Being Human: A practical guide to thriving with AI while rediscovering yourself in the process