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Jennifer Tosti-Kharas

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Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

It was reported that he was homeless, so couldn't keep paying the rent in the East Village, and was in fact sleeping in the park on his piano.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

So this is a terribly tragic, very poignant story of...

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

sort of ultimate sacrifice to do work that one loves sort of with very little concern about even meeting basic needs.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

Absolutely.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

So not everyone is lucky enough to find work in their calling to begin with.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

Similarly, not everyone is able to sustain work in the calling.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

And we can imagine that could be for a lot of reasons.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

people might not be able to pursue their callings.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

And research by Justin Berg and others has shown that this is a deeply psychologically aversive state filled with frustration, regret, depression, because it's not just I need a job, any job.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

You sort of have this notion that it's really got to live up to this high sense that I have of what work should be.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

Not such a good legacy, Shankar.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

So Paul Gauguin today in the parlance of today should be canceled or we believe he should be canceled because he led a life of utter selfishness at the expense of his family.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

He left his family behind in France when he went to Tahiti.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

So first of all, he was no longer there to contribute.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

And as we said, he was not doing so well by selling his art in Polynesia that he could send money home to them.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

So another way to say this is he abandoned his family in France.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

And to go one step further, by all accounts, I mean, Paul Gauguin is now a very kind of his legacy is somewhat conflicted by the fact that he pursued women that he painted and had, you know, by all accounts, affairs with them.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

There's a story that his favorite child died once.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

And he still did not return home.

Hidden Brain
Passion vs. Paycheck

And by all accounts, it sort of led to his downfall.