PeppyPretzel
PeppyPretzel

Productivity should not only be about generating profit for the corporation that has hired you

Dear young friend, I am writing this letter because I value your innate possibilities, your creative energy, and your urge to earn your livelihood through meaningful and life-affirming work. Yet, I feel worried. Will you be able to celebrate your work, and also experience a deeper meaning of existence? Will it be possible for you to realise that there is a world beyond your office — the tiny cubicle on the 20th floor of a skyscraper? Will there be sufficient “surplus” time to converse with your ailing grandmother, read Pablo Neruda or Herman Hesse, and go for a long walk?

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PeppyPretzel
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So true

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