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We discuss the myth of overwork, thinking that working hard and working a lot are the same thing. Read the links for some amazing content on everything we discussed today, including to the lyrics of some sweet songs.

Gomer shares the disgust he has with himself for overbooking his October/November schedule, every weekend for 7 weekends in a row.

Luke then talks about one of his heroes, Louis CK, and what it means for him in the wake of the accusations against him. What about the victims? What about the problem of empathy? What does these sexual assaults teach us about the cross of Christ?

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• How to Beat the Burnout Culture - Michael Hyatt — In today’s job world, burnout is a constant threat. Email and smartphones keep us constantly connected. Worse still, we lionize leaders who never rest. Famous CEOs tout 80-hour workweeks and we wear busyness like a badge of honor. Join us to discover the causes of our overwork obsession—and its cure.
• Elon Musk and the 100 Hour Error - Michael Hyatt — In an 2010 interview, Musk ...explained, “If other people are putting in 40-hour workweeks and you’re putting in 100-hour workweeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing … you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve.” That’s perfectly good advice. For a robot.
• Why do we work so hard? | 1843 — What is less clear to me, and to so many of my peers, is whether we should do so much of it.
• "The Employee Burnout Crisis: Study Reveals Big Workplace Challenge in 2017" — The biggest threat to building an engaged workforce in 2017 is employee burnout. The newest study in the Employee Engagement Series conducted by Kronos Incorporated and Future Workplace® found 95 percent of human resource leaders admit employee burnout is sabotaging workforce retention, yet there is no obvious solution on the horizon.
• 9 Millennials Share What Work-Life Balance Means To Them — "For me, it’s not so much about work-life balance as it is work-life integration. I’m not driven by the prospect of working hard for the next 30 years to retire one day. I’m building a lifestyle and a career that I’d be happy to maintain for the rest of my life. So earlier this month that meant working from my laptop in the mountains of Colombia.  
• Disarming Beauty: Essays on Faith, Truth, and Freedom — In 2005, Father Julián Carrón became the leader of the global ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation. Disarming Beauty is a collection of essays by one of the principal Catholic leaders and intellectuals in the world today...They present the content of his elaboration of the gospel message in light of the tradition of Fr. Giussani, the teachings of the popes, and the urgent needs of contemporary people.

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