In our culture today, doing has become a badge of honor.
It’s become a status symbol and the way to define ourselves.
The same is true with the rest of the lies of the gig economy that I breakdown in my new book, You Are What You Do: And Six Other Lies about Work, Life, and Love.
Our sense of meaning and significance have become tied to our experiences, our relationships, our knowledge, our stuff, our children and our past. However, the thing with each of these lies is that they all have unintended consequences.
- A life of doing leads to a life of worrying
- A life of experiences leads to a life of comparison
- A life seeking acceptance from others leads to a loss of self
- A life focused on the pursuit of knowledge leads to a life of despair
- A life amassing stuff leads to a life of imprisonment
- A life that revolves around your children leads to a life of narcissism
- And a life lived in the past leads to a life of regret and pain