Comments on: Working long hours can kill you… or resurrect you! http://www.alanfurth.com/working-long-hours-1/ Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: What does it mean to love our work? Hint: It’s not about success (Part II) - Alan Furth — The Blog http://www.alanfurth.com/working-long-hours-1/comment-page-1/#comment-70 What does it mean to love our work? Hint: It’s not about success (Part II) - Alan Furth — The Blog Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:09:51 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=221#comment-70 [...] As I will argue below, 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. And usually people who enjoy practicing achieve high levels of excellence, because they joyously get by with the insane number of hours of practice necessary for it. [...] [...] As I will argue below, 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. And usually people who enjoy practicing achieve high levels of excellence, because they joyously get by with the insane number of hours of practice necessary for it. [...]

]]> By: What does it mean to love our work? It’s not about success (Part I) - Alan Furth — The Blog http://www.alanfurth.com/working-long-hours-1/comment-page-1/#comment-51 What does it mean to love our work? It’s not about success (Part I) - Alan Furth — The Blog Mon, 25 May 2009 22:33:02 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=221#comment-51 [...] while the most important step towards breaking this state of cluelessness would be to quit their current j..., a false sense of “security” makes the decision to quit less [...] [...] while the most important step towards breaking this state of cluelessness would be to quit their current j…, a false sense of “security” makes the decision to quit less [...]

]]> By: Pablo Galante http://www.alanfurth.com/working-long-hours-1/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Pablo Galante Mon, 25 May 2009 11:01:37 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=221#comment-47 Querido Alan, Laura and I read your very interesting entry while having breakfast. We find particularly interesting the concept of 'cognitive dissonance', certainly not easy to separate the real reason (good reasons or bad ones but the real ones) of our actions from the rationalized justifications that we might try to find. A point to give further thought is the need of deciding in isolation of your circumstances the path of your life. There is nothing wrong with doing something for honor or for material gain, I will say, as far as you are fully aware of the real reasons why you are doing something. Un abrazo, Pablo Querido Alan,

Laura and I read your very interesting entry while having breakfast. We find particularly interesting the concept of ‘cognitive dissonance’, certainly not easy to separate the real reason (good reasons or bad ones but the real ones) of our actions from the rationalized justifications that we might try to find.

A point to give further thought is the need of deciding in isolation of your circumstances the path of your life. There is nothing wrong with doing something for honor or for material gain, I will say, as far as you are fully aware of the real reasons why you are doing something.

Un abrazo,
Pablo

]]> By: Non-conformism and love-oriented work resource round-up - Alan Furth — The Blog http://www.alanfurth.com/working-long-hours-1/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Non-conformism and love-oriented work resource round-up - Alan Furth — The Blog Fri, 15 May 2009 13:21:47 +0000 http://alanfurth.com/?p=221#comment-39 [...] by Malcolm Gladwell. The book is great not only due to the 10,000-hour rule insight, but also at how it elucidates the intricate and often unpredictable ways in which other people and [...] [...] by Malcolm Gladwell. The book is great not only due to the 10,000-hour rule insight, but also at how it elucidates the intricate and often unpredictable ways in which other people and [...]

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