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Lousy bosses live in a fantasyland of denial and delusion. They are remarkably adept at inventing excuses for putting off gut-wrenching work. They may talk tough but lack the courage to confront employees…
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All bosses can be more effective when they work with, rather than against, the peer culture. Bosses who are known as fair and consistent will get more support from the peer culture when they do their dirty work.
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Games make us happy because they are hard work that we choose for ourselves, and it turns out that almost nothing makes us happier than good, hard work.
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When we don’t choose hard work for ourselves, it’s usually not the right work, and the right time, for the right person.
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Busywork generally gets a bad rap in our real lives, but when we choose it for ourselves, it actually helps us feel quite contented and productive.
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We’d be much better off avoiding easy fun and seeking out hard fun, or hard work that we enjoy…
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We do autotelic work because it engages us completely, and because intense engagement is the most pleasurable, satisfying, and meaningful emotional state we can experience.
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As long as we are regularly immersed in self-rewarding hard work, we will be happy more often than not – no matter what else is going on in our lives.
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Compared with games, reality is unproductive. Games give us clearer missions and more satisfying, hands-on work.
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…to be truly satisfied, we have to be able to finish our work as clearly as we started it.
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