back with a “5 minute Friday” audio edition

the Tweet that got me thinking about this

key concepts I cover in this snippet:

extreme levels of self accountability creating stress for all

tying up too much of one’s identity into creating impact

incorrect pattern matching that more hours will help

implicitly absorbing cultural norms that no longer serve

an output vs outcome mindset focused on delivery vs learning

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further reading / references

this old Signal v Noise blog post about being tired isn’t a badge or honor is a great reminder, and something the authors expand on in Rework and an accompanying podcast episode (workaholics aren’t heroes)

almost wrote this (and still might) as a satirical essay like Savior Syndrome and The Ineffecitve Executive

childish drawing / interpretation

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