work
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 5, 2019 by Howard Marks · across every show →
Everything said about work, oldest first
Mar 5, 2019 negative
Feb 23, 2021 positive
Godin: Treating modern knowledge work as serious work improves its quality
“And I think as we get more and more privileged, where our work looks so much more like what people used to think of as hobbies, we can get confused by the fact that our work is a hobby. It's not. And treating it like our work, I think, helps us make it better.”
Jun 27, 2023 neutral
Gurner: High achievers often use work success to escape personal shortcomings
“A lot of times people will use being good at work as an escape if they're bad at home. So like, for example, you'll see that sometimes people who reach pretty great heights aren't always the best dads. They're not always the best husbands. Sometimes they are. …”