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James Altucher

Founder at "The James Altucher Show" podcast

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YOU DON'T NEED THE JOB TO BE HAPPY! Depression is highest in fully employed, first world countries. The two highest countries for depression? France and the United States. We simply were not made to work 60 hours a week. Archaeologists figure that our paleo ancestors "worked" maybe 12 hours a week. Why is work depressing? Not all of these reasons but maybe some of them. ➞ Being bossed around by people we don't respect. ➞ Being forced to be friends just because they share our cubicle walls ➞ Meetings ➞ Seeing the 80/20 rule in action where 20% of the employees create 80% of the value and the other 80% just barely survive. ➞ Being mandated by an 800 page guidebook how you can talk to people of the opposite sex or of different skin colors. ➞ Seeing corporate political agendas rule over financial realities and not being able to say anything about it for fear of being fired. ➞ Spending 6am to 7pm getting ready for work, commuting to work, working, commuting back, too tired to move when you return home. #Jobs are not so great. And they cause a lot of suffering. And you don't really need them. Bear with me... http://bit.ly/2m32LTb …see more

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