The post from O’Reilly titled “Work on stuff that matters”resonated,because,in another dimension,the Milton Glaser essay Ten Things I Have Learned has been going around in my mind.
The Glaser one is easiest to grasp,and is obvious when,in a moving economy,the advice reverberates on Sutton,Zimbardo and others:you are what you do and with whom you do it.
The O’Reilly one is more focused in business,yet at the same time goes back to the fundamentals:Why work in this? Why these values? Why now? Why here?
Yes,Virginia,what you do will change your brain and your mind,and the people around will change your life and your spirit:Pursue light! Pursue meaning! The little toxic test is actually easy
It doesn’t matter very much but at the end of that time you observe whether you are more energised or less energised. Whether you are tired or whether you are exhilarated. If you are more tired then you have been poisoned. If you have more energy you have been nourished.
In a similar manner,is the work exhausting or rewarding? Does carrying this burden all day create energy and ideas? Does it generate satisfaction and growth?
A lot of people are going to be thinking about this.
OK,so what about action?
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