The Myth of the “Emotional Sponge” We’ve been conditioned to believe that “feeling what others feel” is the ultimate sign of a good human. We call it being an empath, a healer, or a “people person.” But from a purely functional perspective, being an emotional sponge is a design flaw. If your internal state is…

There is a pervasive and incredibly damaging myth in modern work culture: the idea that speed equals importance, and that rushing equals results. Look around any office, virtual or physical, and you will see it. People sprinting from meeting to meeting, typing frantically, attempting to compress forty hours of deep work into a tight, unrealistic…

Let’s start by looking at a very strange, unwritten rule of modern society: suffering is considered a virtue, and enjoyment is considered a liability. You work forty, fifty, or sixty hours a week. You navigate office politics. You solve complex problems. You generate value for the marketplace. In exchange for this massive output of your…