kurtiss.org | giving is receiving

In response to the foolishness here and here.

You don’t belong there, you’re too smart and effective;  you don’t belong here, you’re not a workaholic.

Be true to yourself; your job is a lifestyle.

Your creativity is your differentiator; optimize your productivity.

Have the courage to question establishment; the blogosphere has answered that question.

Startups are becoming a commodity; “startups don’t need ‘good’ workers… [they] need ‘great’ workers.”

“The lucky … work to make that luck;” working to make luck is not luck at all, and working without luck is just working.

Upon what brilliant solution will our fair blogosphere settle?  Will it coddle those slackers?  They with an irresponsible longing to engage in a satisfying, meaningful toussle with life?  Will it vindicate the workaholics, whose bloodlust for achievement compares only to their unflinching dedication?  Will “balance” collapse under this omnidirectional perversion, becoming the enemy of all?

The extent to which greatness demands monomania is the extent to which our system is broken, and only greatness can fix that.  Passion is not just for the luck-makers, lest passion too be perverted.

Meanwhile, Jarrett’s trio renders the only anecdote that smiles on my company: “There’s a place for us.”  We who are smart and true, creative and courageous; will we allow ourselves to be called only good?  Surely we are great, because what we stand for is great.

Come to-day, and come to-morrow,
I do love you both together!
I love to mark sad faces in fair weather;
And hear a merry laugh amid the thunder;
Fair and foul I love together.