sauronlord's comments

Who's telling children hard work will get them to the TOP?

I thought we tell children that hard work pays off and is more likely to get you into a better position than being a slacker.

What are you talking about. Shareholders own the business and appoint the directors to make decisions.

It's their business and presumably want a return on their money.

Says build a website instantly.

But when I click the link it requires me to fill in 2 fields and verify my email.

Maybe we have different definitions of "instantly"

Good luck with that. Come back in a couple years and tell us how it went.

Maybe you can automate your divorce too.

You cannot make people feel ownership.

It's like me saying I can motivate someone to feel the "ownership" of my house (even though they are not on title).

Ownership is you know, actually OWNING something.(Shares, body/health, vision)

If your team does not feel ownership then is it because they do not actualy even own $1 worth of shares in the company project.

It will fix the problem.

Burnout is the state of being overworked/underpaid and lacking autonomy agency (because one made bad life choices to support a family, debts, limited mobility).

Most people feel like they are poor little artifacts in a cruel machine or world. That attitude, coupled with low pay and a lacking personal Mission is the reason for burnout.

You took the whole "value provided" into a strange direction.

Money is a number of things. It is also captured reciprocal altruism, the "value" you provide is often times compensated with money. (Not always)

"Landing a job"

That language makes it seem like you fall into, stumble across, or get "lucky" to work for another man or woman (ie: a JOB)

That language and thinking is precisely what is holding people back from delivering on their life's work and maximizing the value provided to society.

"Giving up my entire life"

Did Steve Jobs, Ghandi, Mandela, Lincoln "give up their lives"?

This is all perspective.

A man with a Mission will not burn out. Better yet, a man with a Mission, autonomy and serious income does not burn out.

The odds of winning the lottery are better than improving yourself and taking control of the value you provide to people?

Those studies of money being binary and motivation are bullshit.

Ask how many people earning 1 million dollars a year (doctors, etc) feel about working 80 hour weeks.

You would work 1-2 years and retire for rest of your life.

Then you can focus on your art and passions.

Burnout is a psychological state of being over worked and underpaid/appreciated.

Decrease chance of burnout by exponentially increasing pay.

Another way to avoid burnout is having multiple income streams and therefore being able to tell anyone to shove it on a moments notice.

Take note everyone, this is why you want multiple income streams and is a worthy goal.

I used to burn out for 120k/year pay when required to work 70 hour weeks.

Now I work 80+ hour weeks and get paid almost triple. In control of my destiny and can drop any one client/customer/employer within 2 seconds if they look at me the wrong way.

Glad someone said it.

The solution to burnout: - get paid way more

Many people will happily work 14 hour days for a 1 million/year Salary. I promise you they will not burnout.

But the crux of it is that employers must optimize burnout with labour expense.

Therefore they focus on the employee's behaviour to identify burnout and give them "just enough" to be teetering below the burnout phase (on-site massages, catered lunches, bullshit games, and extra vacation)

Other solution is to have a management/executive team that is proactive and not reactive.

Have you talked to poor people lately?

I'm consistently shocked at how they choose to watch TV, do drugs, and quick to blame other people.

I try to help people and share opportunities that seem in line with their experience and skills... yet they do not leave their damn couch. Anectodal, yes

We really shouls just put a good UBC plan together and call it a day.

Hotels have been used like this forever.

People run their homes like hotels and are shocked to find that people treat it as such.

I just did.

Simply incorporated myself and started earning 250k USD as a contractor.

It seems more risky to me to spend your most precious years in some awful open office shit hole.

Wow. Now you too can vicariously live a life of entrepreneurship from the comfort of your couch.

He made an emotional finacial decision

Drink milk?

What are you... a baby cow?

This piece was likely inspired by the milk lobby... sales must be sagging.

I don't want anything. The point is that the pioneers did what they had to do.