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Is Happiness About Getting More Than You’ve Got ?
stepwise-progessI have two big posts in the works. One of them is about ‘The Future of Work’. You’ll see what it is about when I get it finished. In the meantime, just saw this entry into Seth Godin’s blog.
Bottom line - on the face of it is about the rat race - as we called back in the 50s and 60s (funny how we knew it then and still did nothing about it) … but more deeply it is about ‘the man’ - more of that in that post I talked about - but it centers on my ongoing reflection on the changing nature of work.
What struck me, were these words:
industrial systems (and the marketing regime) adore the mindset of ‘a little bit more, please’, because it furthers their power. A slightly higher paycheck, a slightly more famous college, an incrementally better car – it’s easy to be seduced by this safe, stepwise progress, and if marketers and bosses can make you feel dissatisfied at every step along the way, even better for them.
via Seth’s Blog: If your happiness is based on always getting a little more than you’ve got….