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Author: [[Tiago Forte]] Full Title: Design Your Work Category: #books It actually goes beyond this – I have to write to think. Otherwise the same old ideas keep circulating round and round, clogging the synapses. Writing is not a result of thinking – it is thinking itself, scaffolded by the external props of a keyboard and screen. It isn’t obvious at first, but work can provide opportunities for nearly every aspect of personal growth: learning, perspective, self-expression, self-affirmation, status and prestige, self-sufficiency, self-discovery, and making a positive impact on the world. Any experience in life can inspire At its best, it provides the ideal conditions for human happiness: working in small teams under difficult conditions, striving against all odds toward a goal bigger than ourselves. As children, we recognize no division between labor and play. The reinvention of work is really the remembering of a time when there was nothing but action and perception, intertwined in an endless fascination with the world around us. The traditional dream of rags to riches has been replaced by a new one: the dream of a sustainable quality of life, in every sense of the word. Organizations can become platforms for humans to reach their full potential, and in the process benefit from unleashing that immense source of energy.

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Design Your Work by Tiago Forte presents wisdom from the contemplative traditions.

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