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You believe a person cannot find satisfaction in a job well done (and a solid paycheck), they have to "change a world" to feel accomplished? I found the docume
by senko 5y ago
You believe a person cannot find satisfaction in a job well done (and a solid paycheck), they have to "change a world" to feel accomplished?
I found the documentary "Jiro dreams of sushi" illustrative (in the opposite extreme). I believe most of us would fall somewhere in between (... aaaand, we get to Maslow again :)
- wpietri 5y agoThat's the exact opposite of what I'm saying. If by "change the world" you mean narcissistic grandiosity about being in the history books, yeah, that's generally ridiculous. But small things also change the world. Raising kids. Installing sinks. Fixing roofs. Serving a meal. All of these things make the world a little better. This is distinct from what Graeber called "bullshit jobs". Making sure that you use the new cover sheet on the TPS report that nobody will read, for example. Some people are happy doing bullshit. But trades have the appeal of doing something undeniably real, undeniably beneficial. So yes, as I said, I believe that somebody who started a solo plumbing business is absolutely thinking of making the world a better place. And I think they do it every day.
- hallway_monitor 5y agoTheir work is also immediately real and beneficial. A plumber friend told me a story the other day. Over the winter a woman's water inlet pipes had frozen. She was without water for two or three days and when they got her pipes flowing again she was so happy that she cried.