Quit Your Job (2022)
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- #Leisure
- #Personal Growth
- #Entrepreneurship
- The author quit their engineering job in 2014, embracing 'active unemployment' or 'leisure' (otium) to explore new opportunities, eventually leading to founding Palladium Magazine.
- Leisure allows for open-ended exploration and chasing interesting novelty, essential for discovering breakthrough opportunities that structured jobs can stifle.
- A leap of faith is necessary to escape wage-slavery and conventional tracks, requiring full responsibility for defining ends and taking bold bets on visionary projects.
- True growth and creativity come from intense struggle and high-stakes efforts in untracked frontiers, contrasting with the comfort and stagnation of predictable jobs.
- Providence and natural justice reward virtuous exploration; resources emerge for sound visions, emphasizing faith in the universe's support for novel endeavors.