Re:How to Do Great Work
by badpun on Saturday July 01, 2023 @04:21PM
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As usual, Ancient Greeks had it figured out already. Aristoteles wrote: "make war to have pace. Do business to enjoy leisure". That's the natural proclivity of 99% human beings. The other 1%, for whatever internal reason, does work for work's sake, and is often pushing civilization forward.
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Re:How to Do Great Work
by MaxBarraclough on Sunday July 02, 2023 @10:45AM
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People with high-paying careers rarely choose to radically reduce their work hours after achieving financial security. I don't think the idea of doing great work often enters the equation.
> People with high-paying careers rarely choose to radically reduce their work hours after achieving financial security.
Do you have any data to support that? I'd actually expect them to fully retire in their fourties or fifties, once they no longer need more money.