If you want even more quotes, be sure to check out this page with 250+ quotes on: Simple Living & Slow Living, Busyness, Enough & Contentment, Minimalism, Essentialism, Solitude, Choices, Gratitude & Happiness, Perspective, Purpose, Time, … [Read more...]
Ikigai 2.0: Evolving the Ikigai Diagram for Life Purpose (& Why and How it Needs to be Redesigned)
If you’re looking for the summary of the ikigai book by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles, you can find that here: “Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life” (Book Summary) If you haven't read the initial ikigai post, please start … [Read more...]
The Truth about Ikigai: Definitions, Diagrams & Myths about the Japanese Life Purpose
1. I originally discovered the concept of ikigai in late 2015 and published the original version of this post—a high-level overview of ikigai—in early 2018. Since then, I've continued to learn a lot more about ikigai. So, I scrapped the entire … [Read more...]
Understanding Your Brain: Connecting “The Golden Circle” (Simon Sinek) & “The Three Layers of Behavior Change” (James Clear)
I couldn't help but notice a similarity between the books Atomic Habits by James Clear and Find Your Why (also Start With Why) by Simon Sinek. They all talk about the brain. But, instead of presenting the brain in a complex fashion that makes your … [Read more...]
How to Build Better Habits with “Atomic Habits” by James Clear (Book Summary)
Atomic Habits is a book worth reading. I don't say that lightly. In the last couple years, I can count those books on one hand (here are my top three books from 2018). Another book I'm a big fan of is Essentialism by Greg McKeown. I believe … [Read more...]
20 Life Purpose Perspectives from Oprah’s “The Path Made Clear” (Book Summary)
Most life purpose books are about why life purpose is important. They leave out the most important part: how to actually find and/or create life purpose. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose mostly addresses the why … [Read more...]
Post-Workism & Total Work: 5 Future Scenarios when the Religion of Work Loses Followers
"Post-work is about the future, but it is also bursting with the past’s lost possibilities." — Andy Beckett¹ I always find it mind-opening and expanding to think about the future—I've covered the future of busyness, but what about something as … [Read more...]
Total Work: When Humans are Transformed into Workers and Nothing Else (Were we Born only to Work?)
"Life is just one damn thing after another." — Anonymous In my research on workism and post-workism, I discovered another concept: "total work." Total work seems to be the epitome of workism. This is also timely given all the news coverage of … [Read more...]
The Busy Spectrum (High Busyness): What You Need to Know about Workism & Hustle Porn
This is one of three posts on the busy spectrum. You can see the companion posts here: The Busy Spectrum (Low Busyness): What You Need to Know about Bullshit Jobs & Performative Busyness Total Work: When Humans are Transformed into … [Read more...]
The Busy Spectrum (Low Busyness): What You Need to Know about Bullshit Jobs & Performative Busyness
This is one of three posts on the busy spectrum. You can see the companion posts here: The Busy Spectrum (High Busyness): What You Need to Know about Workism & Hustle Porn Total Work: When Humans are Transformed into Workers and Nothing … [Read more...]
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