tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936855.post6947442262076731829..comments2023-10-09T05:27:59.888-04:00Comments on Why Won't You Grow?!: Worried about workDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587995461067202017noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936855.post-9746721420218805202009-01-13T13:42:00.000-05:002009-01-13T13:42:00.000-05:00I think separating our lives from our work is a te...I think separating our lives from our work is a terrible idea and is also admitting defeat by our employers. We should all be Doing Work that is so important and meaningful that we don't want to leave it at the office. Ideally the work would also be enjoyable, though that's a luxury; but inevitably Important Work will also be satisfying. <BR/>If our work isn't yet meaningful, then until that time our Real work should be in finding Better Work. <BR/>If we're just stuck Paying Bills at a job, then we should find as much Meaning in the work as we can, develop a powerful zen detachment, and gradually destroy The System from within.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936855.post-55309998394723669602009-01-10T08:58:00.000-05:002009-01-10T08:58:00.000-05:00The Bob Marley protest song in my head was quickly...The Bob Marley protest song in my head was quickly supplanted by Twisted Sister's "We're not going to take it." Unfortunate. <BR/><BR/>I think it's grossly unfair that the management is setting up what they know is an unrealistic time table that will require people to turn over their lives to the great corporate money machine. (They do the same thing to the sales reps so they don't have to pay them their bonuses for reaching their quotas). <BR/><BR/>I would start singing, chain-gang style. Slow the pace of the music and, thus, the pace of the work. If everyone sings the same tune, everyone slows down, and upper-upper management can bite it.luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02078248950005444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936855.post-56380625015355644792009-01-07T14:14:00.000-05:002009-01-07T14:14:00.000-05:00So, does that give me leave to keep moaning? (Give...So, does that give me leave to keep moaning? (Given the 365 post challenge, be sure to expect more moaning as the year progresses and I'm sorry in advance. I do think I can be positive a majority of the year.<BR/><BR/>But, liscence to moan aside . . . any advice on how to handle the dilemma? Probably not, since most of my readers are all too familiar with the situation.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587995461067202017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7936855.post-86016773279545885732009-01-07T14:03:00.000-05:002009-01-07T14:03:00.000-05:00To paraphrase Socrates, a life without internal mo...To paraphrase Socrates, a life without internal moaning is not worth living. <BR/><BR/>To paraphrase Burt Bacharach, what the world needs now is more internal moaning. <BR/><BR/>(etc.)Sven Gollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545633059051707884noreply@blogger.com