Connelly

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What is work??
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Defining work

• Oxford English Dictionary 9 pages
• Random House Dictionary 54 definitions
• Websters Unabridged Dictionary 45 definitions
• Work being on the job

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an idle mind is the devils workshop

• Work satisfies psychological social needs as
  well as material needs
• Aristotle- you can not have leisure
• ?unemployment sucks the energy out of people
• Without work there is no security!

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Why do we work?

• Aesops fables
• The Ant the Grasshopper
• ?work or suffer consequences
• The Ant the Bee
• ?good to work hard, but better when your work
  benefits others
• Key to capitalism- serving personal interests
  can leads to public benefit (Bernard Mandeville)
• ?thrift is not a virtue of rich

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What can we learn from the ant, grasshopper bee?

• grasshoppertoo much play you wont survive
• ant too much work you wont know how to
• stop working
• bee work should benefit others
• work must have meaning

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Aesops creatures give us3 ways to approach life

• Frugal
• Acquisitive
• Hard-working
• ? The problem with habits

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Working _at_ Playing, Playing _at_ Work

• working out
• Competitive sports
• The Game of Work

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Sloth

• Today
• Laziness / disinclination to work
• Original message
• Not caring

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Given the freedom to choose, what should we be
doing with the time allotted to us?
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How we choose our jobs4 Values

• Meaningful work
• Leisure
• Money
• Security
• ?Tradeoffs
• at different points in ones life, different
  values will dominate

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Why does this matter?
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YOU

• Are defined by your work!