“the neoliberal tenets of unregulated self-interest” get “friendly, hand-lettered makeovers”
I've long been sympathetic to, but also skeptical, of the claim that you should "do what you love" or pursue your passion no matter what. For one thing,
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Skip to contentI've long been sympathetic to, but also skeptical, of the claim that you should "do what you love" or pursue your passion no matter what. For one thing,
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men showrunner and writer (and someone I write about in REST), talks about the challenge of doing creative work early in your professional life The
"Rest, with nothing else, results in rust," Wilder Penfield wrote in his great essay The Second Career: "It corrodes the mechanisms of the brain." The essay was an argument against
Wilder Penfield, from his 1962 address "The Use of Idleness," republished in The Second Career: The best rest for doing one thing is doing another until you fall
From Walter Isaacson’s Einstein: His Life and Universe: So it was that Albert Einstein would end up spending the most creative seven years of his life— even after
Is there a more common piece of career advice today than “do what you love?” I’ve heard it for ages, and I certainly think that being in a
Joli Jensen, a University of Tulsa professor who leads writing workshops for academics, has some sound practical advice about scheduling time for writing: One of the most widespread myths
Ever since I finished my last book The Distraction Addiction, I’ve been thinking about the economics of creative work, and the whole question of how you can do