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Everyone talks about hard work. Few understand this version of it. Long hours, rough weather, tired crew and still the job has to be precise. Discipline isn’t loud out here. It’s quiet and consistent.
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Everyone talks about hard work. Few understand this version of it. Long hours, rough weather, tired crew and still the job has to be precise. Discipline isn’t loud out here. It’s quiet and consistent.
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Christian Leithart: Living off the land at Alabama’s Genesis Gardens https://www.allforgardening.com/1899027/christian-leithart-living-off-the-land-at-alabamas-genesis-gardens/ #AlabamaNews #garden #gardening #GenesisGardens #OrganicFarming #WorkEthic
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Christian Leithart: Living off the land at Alabama’s Genesis Gardens https://www.allforgardening.com/1899027/christian-leithart-living-off-the-land-at-alabamas-genesis-gardens/ #AlabamaNews #garden #gardening #GenesisGardens #OrganicFarming #WorkEthic
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Moral deskilling
Deskilling was something we knew from the industrialisation of manufacturing. Rather than artisan work, where the expert (say) baker knew and controlled the entire process of bread making, each step was broken down and put along a factory assembly line. We know from longstanding labour history that this ‘deskilled’ expertise, handed control of the entire process to management (foremen, traditionally) and meant that bosses could reduce wages – and, often enough, job satisfaction.
From the 1980s this happened to professional work, and to virtue specifically.
I called this moral deskilling.
~ Hannah Forsyth, from Moral DeskillingThis neatly unpicked a complex knot that I’d been staring at for some time.
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“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” — Vincent van Gogh
His world begins with a mop.
The frayed and loose strings of the mop head that washes the floor, scuffed with the day’s elements and stained with indifference by the feet that walk on them. The surface looks clean again, and the love that beams from them is an understatement. For the rest who walk through those halls, they would never notice, even as they see their reflection on the polished surface. People may cast their eyes on the art hanging on the walls, but not on the floor. Who does? Who cares? Someone is pocketing change to do the dirty job. His skin might as well be made of glass. Nobody sees him, the person wearing overalls behind a yellow sign. Unless, of course, his services are required. Someone spilled something in the pantry. What is his name again?
Even so, he didn’t grumble. Didn’t flip off the pesky person behind her back. Didn’t mock her for the way she talks. He simply said, “I’ll be with you shortly.” He loved the opportunity. Somewhere in the past, people didn’t look him in the eye. His name was preceded by a title. A title that meant nothing here. He neither folded nor bent. Neither griped about the luminous appeal of the title he didn’t have. He was often heard saying, “How can one be expected to be blessed with such big responsibilities if one cannot be entrusted with a modest task, though unworthy of one’s skill, and not do it very well?” Quotable. Grade A philosophy. It made sense.
One day, he left. Thanked everyone. Not one dry eye in the room. Years later, he popped in to say hi. He held the firmest handshakes. His eyes in sync with his classic smile. He walked the hall every morning. Feet shod in Derby, brogue, or Oxford daintily slapping the floor. Heads would sometimes turn his way when he stopped, dug in his pocket, and wiped off something on the floor. Now, why would the CFO do that? He shrugged. “Creature of habit,” he remarked.
So when the new guy, who kept leaving the trash behind the door for the morning shift to deal with, told everyone that the man above couldn’t relate to him, laughter ensued.
If a door is offered, big or small, take it. Be grateful, and you will never feel empty.
Whether it’s ego or shame, people pass up the chance that comes from humble beginnings. God often leaves doors of opportunity half our size, and most of the time, people fail to recognize them because they are unwilling to bend and squirm their way through. It is only by being grateful that we can walk through these doors or windows, and we cannot expect them to warp themselves to fit us. It’s a matter of adjustment and spirit. If by humility we will be led into a better tomorrow, then crawl through if we must. Fortune favors the bold, and the boldest course of action is to have the courage to be humble enough to learn what we don’t fully understand.
You see opportunity in pleasing people, but pleasing people will get you nowhere. No matter how hard you try. Of the thousand good things you have done, some people— especially the entitled ones—will perceive them as your obligation to them and nothing more. Sadly, when your usefulness has run its course, they will see you as incompetent. Instead, be just and be the best of who you are.
Opportunities are only valid when people are impressed, wrong! The minute you stop impressing people is the moment you set yourself free. Many of us believe that we are what we wear, or at least we try. It’s not what we wear that gives us personality; it’s our character that defines who we are, no matter what we wear. Stripped bare, are you no longer who you are? The true meaning of value lies in who we are.
Surprise and impress yourself with something new every day. Poke it with a deep sense of wonder and curiosity until a new school of thought and an array of new talents burst inside you. You see, even doors can be walls that keep people out. It’s not that they don’t have the key. It’s not that they don’t have what it takes. But some are passive. Their door isn’t glossy enough for them. Yet, when it comes to doors that waste their time, they would gladly pay to get through them.
Leave your ego at the doorstep, and when you do, you get to learn something. That’s what usually gets in the way of people; many of us are too good to be modest. An example of this is when people get laid off. A number will never cease to complain and will eventually bury themselves in the grief of what was.
Sometimes, all it takes is to take little steps and try to run again.
Transpose! Don’t stagnate believing that you will always be invincible. If the magic is no longer there, there is no sense in dwelling on the past long gone. Avenues are waiting to be explored, only if you are willing to lose sight of the past, so that they become material.
Our lives are littered with doors that often lead to new adventures and, with such, challenges. Some keys are not meant to be in your hands; sometimes, the only key that unlocks doors leading to your destiny is you.
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"What are you, some kind of infant sympathizer!?"
https://piefed.social/c/political_memes/p/2179850/what-are-you-some-kind-of-infant-sympathizer
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"What are you, some kind of infant sympathizer!?"
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Stop fearing failure and start celebrating the strive. The Renaissance master shows us why a finished work is a dangerous thing.
#QuotesThatInspire #WorkEthic #Renaissance #Quotes
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How Do You Stay Productive When You Don’t Feel Motivated?
Motivation feels great when it appears.Work becomes easier.Goals feel exciting.Progress feels natural.The problem is that motivation is unpredictable.Some days it is strong.Other days it disappears completely.Many people assume that successful entrepreneurs, creators, and business owners are always motivated.The reality is very different.Most successful people experience the same lack of motivation as everyone else.The difference is that they have learned how to remain productive even when […] -
How Do You Stay Productive When You Don’t Feel Motivated?
Motivation feels great when it appears.Work becomes easier.Goals feel exciting.Progress feels natural.The problem is that motivation is unpredictable.Some days it is strong.Other days it disappears completely.Many people assume that successful entrepreneurs, creators, and business owners are always motivated.The reality is very different.Most successful people experience the same lack of motivation as everyone else.The difference is that they have learned how to remain productive even when […] -
Why Are Simplicity and Focus Becoming the Biggest Competitive Advantages?
Modern business has a complexity problem.Every day, entrepreneurs are presented with new tools, new platforms, new marketing strategies, new technologies, and new opportunities. Social media platforms demand attention. Artificial intelligence tools promise productivity gains. Software subscriptions multiply. Notifications never stop.As a result, many business owners feel overwhelmed.The common assumption is that success comes from doing more.More platforms.More products.More services.More […] -
Why Are Simplicity and Focus Becoming the Biggest Competitive Advantages?
Modern business has a complexity problem.Every day, entrepreneurs are presented with new tools, new platforms, new marketing strategies, new technologies, and new opportunities. Social media platforms demand attention. Artificial intelligence tools promise productivity gains. Software subscriptions multiply. Notifications never stop.As a result, many business owners feel overwhelmed.The common assumption is that success comes from doing more.More platforms.More products.More services.More […] -
Why Is Delayed Gratification Becoming a Superpower in the Digital Age?
Modern technology has made instant gratification easier than at any point in human history.Entertainment is available within seconds.Food can be ordered with a few taps.Products can arrive the next day.Information can be accessed immediately.Social media delivers constant streams of content designed to capture attention and provide instant rewards.While these conveniences offer many benefits, they have also created an environment where patience is becoming increasingly rare.This is why […] -
Why Is Delayed Gratification Becoming a Superpower in the Digital Age?
Modern technology has made instant gratification easier than at any point in human history.Entertainment is available within seconds.Food can be ordered with a few taps.Products can arrive the next day.Information can be accessed immediately.Social media delivers constant streams of content designed to capture attention and provide instant rewards.While these conveniences offer many benefits, they have also created an environment where patience is becoming increasingly rare.This is why […] -
Why Do Most People Give Up Right Before Success?
One of the most frustrating realities of success is that it often becomes visible only after a long period of uncertainty.People see the successful business.They see the growing audience.They see the profitable product.They see the achievements.What they rarely see are the months or years spent working without obvious results.This creates an interesting question.Why do so many people give up right before success?The answer often comes down to expectations.Many people start new projects with […] -
Why Do Most People Give Up Right Before Success?
One of the most frustrating realities of success is that it often becomes visible only after a long period of uncertainty.People see the successful business.They see the growing audience.They see the profitable product.They see the achievements.What they rarely see are the months or years spent working without obvious results.This creates an interesting question.Why do so many people give up right before success?The answer often comes down to expectations.Many people start new projects with […] -
Why Do Successful People Focus on Consistency Instead of Motivation?
Motivation is often treated as the secret ingredient behind success.Books are written about it. Videos are created about it. Social media feeds are filled with motivational quotes designed to inspire action. Many people believe that successful individuals achieve extraordinary results because they are constantly motivated.The reality is usually very different.Most successful people do not rely heavily on motivation. Instead, they focus on consistency.This distinction may seem small, but it […] -
Why Do Successful People Focus on Consistency Instead of Motivation?
Motivation is often treated as the secret ingredient behind success.Books are written about it. Videos are created about it. Social media feeds are filled with motivational quotes designed to inspire action. Many people believe that successful individuals achieve extraordinary results because they are constantly motivated.The reality is usually very different.Most successful people do not rely heavily on motivation. Instead, they focus on consistency.This distinction may seem small, but it […] -
Why Do Some Entrepreneurs Succeed While Others Quit?
Every year, millions of people decide they want to start a business. Some launch online stores. Others create blogs, start YouTube channels, offer services, build software, or develop products. Most begin with excitement, motivation, and ambitious goals.Yet after a few years, the number of people still actively building those businesses is dramatically smaller.This raises an interesting question. Why do some entrepreneurs succeed while others quit?The answer is rarely intelligence.It is also […] -
Why Do Some Entrepreneurs Succeed While Others Quit?
Every year, millions of people decide they want to start a business. Some launch online stores. Others create blogs, start YouTube channels, offer services, build software, or develop products. Most begin with excitement, motivation, and ambitious goals.Yet after a few years, the number of people still actively building those businesses is dramatically smaller.This raises an interesting question. Why do some entrepreneurs succeed while others quit?The answer is rarely intelligence.It is also […] -
Always Open, Never Empty
The internet abolished closing hours. The new wave is abolishing the pause. Both moves are economic in origin and psychological in effect. Both promise convenience and deliver a different kind of cost. The first cost was paid in time. The second is being paid in attention. How that arithmetic finishes is the open question. […] -
Always Open, Never Empty
The internet abolished closing hours. The new wave is abolishing the pause. Both moves are economic in origin and psychological in effect. Both promise convenience and deliver a different kind of cost. The first cost was paid in time. The second is being paid in attention. How that arithmetic finishes is the open question. […] -
🤖✨ Oh look, another human begging for attention by stating the obvious—put in the work to get the work. 🙄 Apparently, teaching #robots to do all your chores doesn't exempt you from basic social skills. 📚💤
https://tombedor.dev/human-attention-and-human-effort/ #humanbehavior #socialskills #attentionseeking #workethic #HackerNews #ngated -
🤖✨ Oh look, another human begging for attention by stating the obvious—put in the work to get the work. 🙄 Apparently, teaching #robots to do all your chores doesn't exempt you from basic social skills. 📚💤
https://tombedor.dev/human-attention-and-human-effort/ #humanbehavior #socialskills #attentionseeking #workethic #HackerNews #ngated -
I love informative photo galleries!
https://piefed.social/c/political_memes/p/2048929/i-love-informative-photo-galleries
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Appearing Productive in the Workplace
https://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/
#HackerNews #workplaceproductivity #careeradvice #professionaldevelopment #workethic #productivityhacks
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Why are the billionaires so afraid of this grand system they've made for us working class folk?
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Apparently worthless
Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on the results, but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself. You gradually struggle less and less for an idea and more and more for specific people. In the end, it is the reality of personal relationship that saves everything.
~ Thomas Mertonslip:4a1183.
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Simple work
When a person sets to work, even if it is the most unqualified, primitive, simple work, the human soul calms down. As soon as a person starts to work, all the demons leave him and cannot approach him. A man becomes a man.
~ Thomas Carlyleslip:4a1161.
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Idleness
Constant idleness should be included in the tortures of hell, but it is, on the contrary, considered to be one of the joys of paradise.
~ Charles de Montesquieuslip:4a1158.
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Gravy
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
~ Bette Davisslip:4a1122.
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Consistency
If you’re looking for a formula for greatness, the closest we’ll ever get, I think, is this: Consistency driven by a deep love of the work.
~ Maria Popovaslip:4a1054.
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A quote I cannot find
I’m often pulling up quotes from my own collection. I use them for reminders and inspiration. Today, I had the thought that:
Dreams and passion get you into trouble;
Plans and hard work get you out.I’m certain this is not a new sentiment. None the less, I couldn’t find it in my collection nor with a few minutes of searching. Does it sound familiar to you? …any idea where a more original source might be?
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Don’t cheat
You only need that lesson once. That wasn’t the standard, and you know what the standard is. Hold the standard. Ask for help. Fix it. Do whatever’s necessary. But don’t cheat.
~ Chris Youngslip:4a1023.
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Networking
In creative fields, I think networking actually hurts you in most cases. Don’t waste your time socializing with people who you think can help you. Just get better, and opportunities will naturally present themselves once you deserve them. Only focus on things within your control. And if you don’t know what those things are, find someone who can tell you. Don’t network, just work.
~ Whitney Cummingsslip:4a792.
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Privilege of working hard
Take time to discover what you would prefer above all else to make your life work. You may have to do a lot of temporary jobs before you reach the one your ambition places above all others. But if your idea is clear and your determination firm, you will surely reach it. Remember that is it often necessary in life to learn to work hard at many things before you arrive at the very great privilege of working hard at the one thing you prize the most.
~ James Cash Penneyslip:4a645.
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Working with the garage door up
I’m not certain, but this probably will only make sense if you are a certain age, and grew up in a house with a garage. It doesn’t need to have been “dad’s garage,” nor a space dedicated to fixing things, nor even sheltered an automobile. No, it only matters that you grew up in a house with a garage.
There’s magic in having an indoor space with a concrete floor. A floor that clearly has taken a beating, and is ready for more abuse. A space with a slightly different sort of door dividing it from the soft and people-oriented rest of the house. A space where things were maybe a little less organized, but definitely were more out in plain sight. Maybe there was some sort of workbench? Maybe some tools. Maybe a lot of tools? Regardless, pretty much all the “where should we put this?” stuff wound up in the garage. Painting something? Garage. Taking something part? Not on the carpet! …in the garage. Fixing your bike? New wheels on your skate board? You get the idea. You either know what I’m talking about, or you don’t.
Did you do, whatever you did, with the garage door open, or closed? Weather permitting, throwing open that garage door was an invitation to the world—but hopefully, only the nice neighbors—to saunter up and at least watch. Turns out, that’s literally “showing your work.” A huge part of what I’m doing these days is working where I can be seen. There’s collateral recognition of course, but mostly it’s just scratching an itch to toss things on a workbench and throw open the ‘ol garage door.
If you know what I’m talking about, you can even hear that door opening.
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Fortune
Good fortune has its own rules, and to the wise not everything depends upon chance. Fortune is helped along by effort.
~ Baltasar Graciánslip:4a315.
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Application and capacity
Application and capacity. Eminence requires both. When both are present, eminence outdoes itself. The mediocre people who apply themselves go further than the superior people who don’t. Work makes worth.
~ Baltasar Graciánslip:4a588.
#BaltasarGracián #Quotes #WorkEthic