Re-Listen: CAL NEWPORT on The Moral Weight of Working, Not Working, and Bragging About Both
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Is There a Critique of External Compulsion?
The cratique is trying to reform that internal compulsion. What can feel like freedom can turn into compulsion for some people, especially if you're an antepenor or a creative where your name is the brand. But i think that ultimately, in my definition of is it good to work on the weekend, is it a free choice, or is it compulsion? And that's true for hobbies. Am i doing my strength work, rk out because i feel like i have to, because if i don't, i'll feel bad about myself, or what have you? Or am i doing it because i enjoy training, or at least i enjoy the feeling of having trained?
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