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“The word “lazy” is almost always used with a tone of moral judgement and condemnation.”
“Wasting time” is a basic human need.
This is a book for workaholics and perfectionists. I like the author’s effort to break the “The Laziness Lie” - “a belief system that says hard work is morally superior to relaxation, that people who aren’t productive have less innate value than productive people”. However, personally I think the author extended the definition of “laziness” too much sometimes (for example, the author talks about being homeless/jobless/depressed and classifies them as “being lazy”). Maybe what the author really wants to say is that “don’t simply tag all negative behaviors as laziness and do not discriminate negative behaviors”. I also think the book gives too many examples than needed to demonstrate an argument.
-- Lisa Liang
It’s a good book overall.
To me - lazy is tight with not doing something just because they don’t care to get it done. Everything else I have words like tired, relaxing, resting, couch day, goofing around so and so. But I think what the author tries to tell is mostly the American definition. Coming from Sri Lanka, we value time offs (one of the nations with a few monthly holidays apart from weekends. What people do on those days depend on the person). However, I have met so many Americans who thinks hardworking is the way to climb the social- economic ladder.
Personally, I understood most concepts such as quality over quantity, smart working as opposed to hard work, focusing on the goal not the number of hours (and solutions he talks later in the book) some years ago. Probably during the high school. And I have assimilated myself into a lifestyle that helps me live a happy life. The author’s recommendations are some of those I practice. So I know they work if people try those.
-- Eshani Hettiarachchi
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