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Work Ethic: Then, Now, and What It’s Becoming
Work ethic.It’s one of those phrases everyone nods at, but if you ask ten people what it actually means, you’ll get ten different answers that are often split cleanly along generational lines. There was a time when work ethic meant loyalty. You stayed. You showed up. You kept your head down and did the work, sometimes for decades because the tradeoff felt fair. Thirty years with one employer. A…
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Illusion of Control
Usually when people speak of the illusion of control it's technically more in the context of Kung Fu Panda, but this is a consistent way to get anyone under your thumb. Promise them a glimpse of potential benefit or expectation, and you'll usually be able to get them to do anything without actually holding up your end of the bargain.
"We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it." - 1984, George Orwell
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You Only Live Once
I don't know when or how the fact that your existence is a single instance of functioning phenomenon has devolved into a ridiculously reckless method of living. If anything, being willing to treat your life as disposable merely encourages other vested interests to also treat you as such. Not to say they aren't already doing that.
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Failure to Dream
I first came across "Don't let your memes be dreams" from a list of recommended videos after YouTube detected me watching Hearthstone-related content, before later learning it was from Shia LaBeouf's video - which attained its own notoriety in the same way that LazyTown songs have: incessant repetition and editing via online dissemination.
But loosely connected references to popular culture aside, "don't let your dreams be memes" is pretty relevant advice if you think about it. There are two sides to fame, and if you're not on the side that wins you support and resources, the other side can be relentlessly cruel. Authority in general detests idealism with a fiery fervor since it runs the most risk of changes to the status quo, and communities of peers can be very hit and miss at times since we still operate according to rankings of "who's the most popular, charismatic or shocking". The way people - especially online - can turn on you, sometimes obscurity really is the best form of security.
Or to take a quote from Despair.com: "Never be afraid to share your dreams with the world, because there's nothing the world loves more than the taste of really sweet dreams."
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No “I” in “TEAM”
There's no "WE" in "TEAM" either, but why let semantics get in the way of a saccharine, overused analogy?
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Be the Change
Assigning personal responsibility to someone else is a bit similar to giving a Facebook like. It appears encouraging (thus presenting a good image for your fellow encouragers, and is unlikely to invite scrutiny), and requires very little effort on your part aside from a pat on the back. In some cases, you're even allowed a rebuttal if the person you're telling to be the change isn't convinced.
What the phrase ignores - possibly intentionally - is the issue of elephants in the room. People generally aren't receptive to change, especially in organisational contexts. Stories about how people have tried to affect positive change in their workplace or social environment are plentiful, and the same goes for their failures. The truth is that while people want you to change, the enthusiasm ends as soon as it starts affecting them, and then limits and boundaries are placed on just how much change you're allowed to be. This continues to the point where any attempt at change on your part becomes ineffective and toothless, and you're no better off than before, aside from a new reputation for being a nitpicky troublemaker. Ultimately, the message boils down to "Thanks for trying. Assimilate or leave. It's not like we'd be significantly affected no matter what you choose."
You can be the change you want to be - everyone else will be making sure that over time, you won't want it anymore. Then you can join them in the ranks of the disaffected.
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Failure to Report
"We figure that eventually, the complainant will receive enough blows to the head to either get the message, or suffer memory loss from the blunt force trauma and forget the problem exists."
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