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Alan Watts

2 essays where Alan Watts sits on the council. Alan weighs in on excellence, meaning, achievement. Read what Alan would tell you.

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What Do You Do When the Work You're Good At Makes You Miserable?

Three thinkers on competence and misery. Aristotle says examine the relationship to the work. Watts says you made it a performance. Horney says skill and wound arrived together.

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Is Success Making Me Miserable?

Three thinkers on winning and feeling empty. Csikszentmihalyi says you optimized the wrong variable. Socrates says examine yourself. Watts says stop chasing.

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