What If We Didn't Have to Earn Our Right to Exist? Rethinking Work, Worth, and What Human Beings Are Here to Do

What if our obsession with working hard is about more than productivity? In this episode, I follow an unexpected reaction to the cultural celebration of "working hard" into a deeper question about what we've been taught to believe about being human. Why do we equate effort with worth? Why do we feel we have to earn a living, prove ourselves, produce, achieve, and continually optimize our lives? I share the surprising story of how my consulting practice, alinea, emerged after I lost what I tho...