Tag Archives: Human condition

Beyond flow: meaning as the key for truly fulfilling work

Posted on September 2, 2009 by afurth

In a previous post we argued that an important condition for us to truly love our work is for it to allow us to regularly achieve a state of flow. But developing a truly fulfilling relationship with our work goes a long way beyond that.

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What does it mean to love our work? Hint: It’s not about success (Part II)

Posted on May 29, 2009 by afurth

One of the conditions for work to contribute genuinely to happiness is that we enjoy, in a very particular way, to practice — doing the work itself. Continue reading →

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What does it mean to love our work? Hint: It’s not about success (Part I)

Posted on May 25, 2009 by afurth

More often than not, we fool ourselves into thinking that we love our work because we are successful at it. Continue reading →

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What does it mean to love our work?

Posted on May 25, 2009 by afurth

This is the first of a series of posts that will give a clear, concrete answer to the question of what it really means to love our work. Continue reading →

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Freedom of itch

Posted on April 15, 2009 by afurth

During the last few years, I was engaged in business that I didn’t consider meaningful. More recently, I’ve been freely acknowledging my soulful itches, and indulging in scratching them thoroughly — I’m into freedom of itch. Continue reading →

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