“It’s perhaps easier now, than ever before, to make a good living. It’s perhaps harder, than ever before, to stay calm, to be free of career anxiety.”
Alain de Botton at TED, speaking about career crisis. (My favorite author, incidentally. Thanks Brian!)
Matt N Johnson
on 13 Aug 09Thank you so much for sharing this video. Very insightful. Definitely worth 17 minutes!
arun
on 13 Aug 09It is so true, but it means that our mind has to be quieter whereas it is quick to judge, constantly wanting to become this or do this or that.
Thank you for the video
Matt B
on 13 Aug 09I really liked this, thanks. Sarah would you recommend any of his books over any others? I’ve never read any of his books but am very interested to now.
brad
on 13 Aug 09Thanks Sarah. I’m glad to know there are people out there addressing this.
SH
on 13 Aug 09My two favorites are The Art of Travel and The Consolations of Philosophy.
Jared Goralnick
on 13 Aug 09Wow, I didn’t know de Botton was at TED! Thanks for sharing this! He’s one of my favorites, ever since On Love I’ve been hooked!
andianne
on 14 Aug 09Thanks for sharing! I found this video very inspiring.
Cormac
on 17 Aug 09Wow! So many of the things said in this video are things I’ve been saying to my friends and colleagues for years, without many of them listening to me very much :/
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