Osim savjeta Huntera S. Thompsona na temu sreće i smisla života, svidjeli su mi se savjeti još nekoliko velikih mislilaca. Ovo su neki od njih...
Paul Graham - esejist i programer
Ono što ne bi trebali raditi je brinuti se za tuđe mišljenje, osim ono vaših prijatelja. Ne bi se trebali brinuti za prestiž... Prestiž je mišljenje ostatka svijeta....Prestiž je kao snažan magnet koji se omata čak i oko vaših stavova spram stvari u kojima uživate. Tjera vas da radite ne na onom što volite, nego na onom što bi voljeli da volite.. Prestiž je samo fosilizirana inspiracija. Ako radite išta jako dobro, napravit ćete to prestižnim. Samo radite što volite, a neka se prestiž pobrine sam za sebe.
Alain De Botton - pisac, filozof i televizijski voditelj
Jedna od zanimljivih činjenica koje se tiču uspjeha je da mislimo kako znamo što to znači. Mnogo puta naše ideje o tome što bi značilo živjeti uspješno, zapravo nisu naše. One su usisane od drugih ljudi. Također usisavamo poruke koje nam šalju mediji i marketing. To su sve snažne sile koje definiraju što želimo i kako vidimo sami sebe. Ne bi trebali odustati od vlastitih ideja i predodžbi uspjeha, ali moramo biti sigurni da su to zaista naše ideje i predodžbe. Moramo se fokusirati na vlastite ideje i pobrinuti se da ih posjedujemo, da smo mi zaista autori naših ambicija. Jer samo po sebi je grozno ne dobiti ono što želimo, ali je još gore imati ideju što želimo i onda na kraju shvatiti da to uopće nije to, da to nije ono što želimo cijelo vrijeme.
Hugh Macleod- karikaturist
Najvažnija stvar koju kreativna osoba mora naučiti, a koja se tiče profesije, je gdje povući granicu koja dijeli ono što ste voljni činiti i ono što niste. Umjetnost pati u onom trenutku kada ljudi počnu plaćati za nju. Što ćete više novca trebati, više ljudi će vam govoriti što da radite, imati ćete sve manje kontrole, više sranja ćete morati gutati, a užitka će biti sve manje. Znajte ovo i planirajte u skladu s time.
Lewis Hyde - esejist, pjesnik, prevoditelj, kritičar
Rad je ono što radimo po satu. Ako je moguće, to radimo za novac. Vožnja taksija, pranje suđa, branje šparoga, šetanje dvorištem psihijatrijske ustanove...sve je to rad. Težak rad, s druge strane, ima svoj tempo. Možda nas i plaćaju za isti, ali ga je teže odrediti. Pisanje pjesama, odgajanje djeteta, razvijanje novog načina računanja, rješavanje neuroze, stvaranje izuma u bilo kojoj formi- sve je to težak rad.
Rad je namjerna akcija postignuta voljom. Težak rad može biti namjeran samo do one mjere kada se napravi kostur ili ako se ne rade stvari koje bi mogle spriječiti težak rad. Iznad toga težak rad ima svoj raspored. Ne postoji tehnologija, uređaj koji štedi vrijeme koji bi mogao promijeniti ritmove kreativnog teškog rada. Kada se težak rad izrazi u terminima razmjene, kreativnost je automatski umanjena svaki put kad se pojavi uspon u tehnologiji rada.
Steve Jobs -poduzetnik i izumitelj
Posao će zauzeti velik dio vašeg vremena, a jedini način da budete uistinu zadovoljni jest da radite ono za što mislite da je odličan posao. Jedini način da radite odličan posao je da volite ono što radite. Ako to još niste našli, tražite dalje. Nemojte stati. Svim srcem ćete znati kad to nađete. I kao svaka dobra veza, postaje sve bolje kako godine prolaze.
Robert Krulwich - novinar
Radit ćete, ali ćete i stvarati prijateljstva. Upoznat ćete ljude koji će vam pomoći, a nekima ćete vi pomoći.Oni koje upoznate u ovom razdoblju će vas opaziti, izazvati vas, raditi s vama i čuvati vam leđa. Možda će biti vaša snaga. Ako možete zaljubite se u posao, u ljude s kojima radite, u svoje i njihove snove. Što god vas je dovelo do ove škole, nemojte to pustiti. Vjerujte u svoje prijatelje. Vjerujte da je ono što vi i vaši prijatelji imate za reći, da je način na koji to govorite, nešto novo u svijetu.
Alan Watts - filozof, pisac i govornik
Ako kažete da je novac jedina važna stvar, provest ćete život u traćenju. Radit ćete stvari koje ne volite kako bi nastavili živjeti, odnosno kako bi nastavili raditi stvari koje ne volite raditi, a to je glupo.
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where is happiness? part 3
In addition to Hunter S. Thompson's tips on the subject of happiness and meaning in life, I really liked the tips a few great thinkers as well. Here are some of them ...
Paul Graham- essayist and programmerWhat you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends. You shouldn’t worry about prestige. Prestige is the opinion of the rest of the world...Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you’d like to like...Prestige is just fossilized inspiration. If you do anything well enough, you’ll make it prestigious. . So just do what you like, and let prestige take care of itself.
Alain De Botton- writer, philosopher and television presenter
One of the interesting things about success is that we think we know what it means. A lot of the time our ideas about what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They’re sucked in from other people. And we also suck in messages from everything from the television to advertising to marketing, etcetera. These are hugely powerful forces that define what we want and how we view ourselves. What I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but that we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas and make sure that we own them, that we’re truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it’s bad enough not getting what you want, but it’s even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of the journey that it isn’t, in fact, what you wanted all along.Hugh Macleod - CartoonistThe most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not. Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more bullshit you will have to swallow. The less joy it will bring. Know this and plan accordingly.
Lewis Hyde- essayist, poet, translator, criticWork is what we do by the hour. It begins and, if possible, we do it for money. Welding car bodies on an assembly line is work; washing dishes, computing taxes, walking the rounds in a psychiatric ward, picking asparagus — these are work. Labor, on the other hand, sets its own pace. We may get paid for it, but it’s harder to quantify… Writing a poem, raising a child, developing a new calculus, resolving a neurosis, invention in all forms — these are labors.Work is an intended activity that is accomplished through the will. A labor can be intended but only to the extent of doing the groundwork, or of not doing things that would clearly prevent the labor. Beyond that, labor has its own schedule.There is no technology, no time-saving device that can alter the rhythms of creative labor. When the worth of labor is expressed in terms of exchange value, therefore, creativity is automatically devalued every time there is an advance in the technology of work.
Steve Jobs -entrepreneur and inventor
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”Robert Krulwich - journalistYou will build a body of work, but you will also build a body of affection, with the people you’ve helped who’ve helped you back. The ones you meet now, who will notice you, challenge you, work with you, and watch your back. Maybe they will be your strength.If you can… fall in love, with the work, with people you work with, with your dreams and their dreams. Whatever it was that got you to this school, don’t let it go. Whatever kept you here, don’t let that go. Believe in your friends. Believe that what you and your friends have to say… that the way you’re saying it — is something new in the world.”
Alan Watts - filozof, pisac, govornik
If you say that money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time: You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is, in order to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!
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