labor
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Your boss wants you to hate quiet quitting
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3 min read
Quiet quitting is about labor, life, and the value people bring to their work. The ones who want you to hate it sign checks.
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Full Employment and Other Failures of Words
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4 min read
The first problem with the way we talk about our economy is that we use phrases that don’t mean what we think. The second is worse.
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The Dignity of Work
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2 min read
The dignity of work is a strange phrase. It is almost never used as an abstract truth, though it intends to be. Otherwise we would hear related truths: The dignity of leisure. …of sleep. …of walking your dog. Or even more telling:The dignity of driving while black. …of sleeping on the sidewalk. …of walking in…
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We often fear the impact of faith on politics, or of politics on faith. The real problem is that we think faith isn’t political. May 13 | Luke 9:10-17 One of the easiest ways to settle most disputes is to say we shouldn’t talk about politics. It short circuits most conversations. Even the word sullies…
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Dangerous Expectations
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4 min read
When we tell stories, we take shortcuts. We generalize, connect, and get the audience to fill in the gaps. However, this can distort the truth.
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We don’t need vacation advice. We need forgiveness for going on vacation. Maybe you’re like me and struggle with going on vacation. It isn’t easy to leave work or home. Packing the car and getting away long enough to forget about the other stuff. So we go looking for vacation advice. Or maybe it’s worse.…