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Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do is a 1974 nonfiction book by the oral historian and radio broadcaster Studs Terkel. [ 1 ] Working investigates the meaning of work for different people under different circumstances, showing it can vary in importance. [ 2 ]
Every Day is about the story of A, a genderless person who wakes up occupying a different body each day of a sixteen-year-old living in the East Coast. As described by Frank Bruni of The New York Times, "A. doesn't have a real name, presumably because they don't have a real existence: they're not a person, at least not in any conventional sense, but they have a spirit, switching without choice ...
Having grown up around casinos with her gambling father, Maria sees life as a game in which every player chooses a strategy, or chooses to stop playing. [14] Describing her upbringing she says, "My father advised me that life itself was a crap game: it was one of the two lessons I learned as a child.
By Kelly Gurnett There's something inherently wrong with the way we work. That's the premise behind Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson's Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) initiative. They believe ...
Work as play is the concept of a qualitative change in human work activity. An idea does not have a single author, but is present in studies and culture. [1] Work is usually perceived as an external obligation and play as an internal compulsion. [2] Consequently, turning work into play is seen as the solution to the alienation of labor. [3]
Homo Ludens is a book originally published in Dutch in 1938 [2] by Dutch historian and cultural theorist Johan Huizinga. [3] It discusses the importance of the play element of culture and society. [4]
A Little Life is a 2015 novel by American writer Hanya Yanagihara. [1] Lengthy and tackling difficult subject matter, it garnered critical acclaim, was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Awards, and became a best seller.
Peter Pan Syndrome is a psychological term for individuals who find it difficult to grow up. [6] They have challenges maintaining adult relationships and managing adult responsibilities and may exhibit traits such as avoiding responsibilities, resisting commitment, seeking constant fun and excitement, and displaying a lack of ambition or direction in life.