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Do we live to work or work to live? “The latter!” comes the rapid reply. Really? If one pursues the question of how happiness and work are connected, a complex picture emerges. Shortages, desires, indolence, cravings, workaholism, free time, innovation, accomplishment, flexibility, satiety, waste, thrift. All of these. And more. Maybe here, too, it’s the particular mixture that counts. Or as it’s called today: the balance.
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Pearson, C. (2007). A Little Piece of Happiness. In: Conceptions of the Desirable. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-71260-3_17
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