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The cult of productivity in modern society forces everyone to strive to be more diligent, competitive, and successful, but not more relaxed. At school, teachers push children to compete for high grades. In adult life, the competition continues, but instead of grades, it's about money. Schools or companies are more concerned with external indicators; a person's internal state is not the focus. This kind of separation of a part from the whole is unnatural and dangerous. After all, external creativity and achievements depend on the internal side—mental and physical health.
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The parable about talents is not really about talents. Literally, talents (in the context of the parable) are a measure of silver. Therefore, we can confidently say that this parable is about money, quite literally. Symbolically, it is a parable about possibilities, the possibilities to do good.
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You've probably heard about the marshmallow experiment, where children were offered a choice: one marshmallow immediately or more marshmallows after waiting. The children who agreed to wait and receive more marshmallows later became more successful in adult life. The Stanford experiment demonstrated the significant influence of willpower on a person's success in life, manifested in the ability to make the right choice and stick to it.
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You don't need willpower to do what you love. But do you know really successful people who lack willpower?
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In a philosophy class, a student asks the teacher, "I don't understand - what's the use of philosophy? How do philosophers manage to make money at all? I came here to study law, so why do I need philosophy?"