Re:Things that aren't work
by Chinjut on Thursday May 07, 2015 @05:39PM
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Instead of saying "these things [friends, loved ones] actually are work, in the sense of sustaining your business productivity, and are therefore valuable", I would prefer to say "these things aren't part of work (in the business sense), but are nonetheless valuable". (Indeed, for many of us, more valuable; business is a means to other goals, not vice versa)
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Re:Things that aren't work
by vinceguidry on Thursday May 07, 2015 @06:22PM
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They are work because you have to invest time into them to get the rewards. You have to find the time, in order to find the time, you have to claw back on the time you spend working on/in your business. So it becomes 'work' even though it's not, really.
By this definition, just about everything is work, and the term "work" itself becomes meaningless.
Re:Things that aren't work
by vinceguidry on Thursday May 07, 2015 @06:44PM
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That's what generally happens to people as their flywheel gains momentum. It gets harder to tell where one's contribution to society ends and one's contribution to self begins.