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Toxic Productivity, Competition & Framing Work

Not Overthinking

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Your Beef Isn't With Competition

I struggle to see it coming from a good place. I think your broader beef is with the idea of doing anything, or having any sort of mind set. Any kind of mind set where there is a level of wanting or internal self esteem to come from an external factor could be problematic. It's like buying an apple watch: If you want to signal your identity to yourself and others, that's probably a bit problematic? Ah, equally, what’s the real reason for taking part in this competition? Is it because you want to signals your status to others by winning? That's probably problematic. Just any kind ofmind set is bad.

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