Michael Malice
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And overtime was time and a half. I'd rather have that hour than that time and a half. Yeah. My co-workers... I'm using this term literally, couldn't understand that. They're like, you're getting paid time and a half and the team needs you. And I'm like, I don't care. Like, I'd rather have my time. And for these types of people, that self, it makes no sense. Like, you're there to help the team.
And overtime was time and a half. I'd rather have that hour than that time and a half. Yeah. My co-workers... I'm using this term literally, couldn't understand that. They're like, you're getting paid time and a half and the team needs you. And I'm like, I don't care. Like, I'd rather have my time. And for these types of people, that self, it makes no sense. Like, you're there to help the team.
The team needs you. QED.
The team needs you. QED.
The team needs you. QED.
What was it about it that made it valuable in the absence of external reward? Because that was what I wanted to be as a person. And I was working my writing and things like that and trying to make it. Whereas the Goldman Sachs stuff, there was no future in it for me.
What was it about it that made it valuable in the absence of external reward? Because that was what I wanted to be as a person. And I was working my writing and things like that and trying to make it. Whereas the Goldman Sachs stuff, there was no future in it for me.
What was it about it that made it valuable in the absence of external reward? Because that was what I wanted to be as a person. And I was working my writing and things like that and trying to make it. Whereas the Goldman Sachs stuff, there was no future in it for me.
What do you mean by you in this situation? My definition of me, as I saw it then, though I wasn't in a position to implement it, is someone who is a writer, someone who is a creative person, someone who's a thinker. There was no part of me that wanted to be that corporate helper.
What do you mean by you in this situation? My definition of me, as I saw it then, though I wasn't in a position to implement it, is someone who is a writer, someone who is a creative person, someone who's a thinker. There was no part of me that wanted to be that corporate helper.
What do you mean by you in this situation? My definition of me, as I saw it then, though I wasn't in a position to implement it, is someone who is a writer, someone who is a creative person, someone who's a thinker. There was no part of me that wanted to be that corporate helper.
But I think there's a big difference, and this is why the Exodus metaphor does not apply here. I think a lot of people want the cage. I think H.L. Mencken is right. H.L. Mencken said the average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe. You don't see that in Exodus. The Jews wanted to escape Egypt. There were none of them that stayed behind.
But I think there's a big difference, and this is why the Exodus metaphor does not apply here. I think a lot of people want the cage. I think H.L. Mencken is right. H.L. Mencken said the average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe. You don't see that in Exodus. The Jews wanted to escape Egypt. There were none of them that stayed behind.
But I think there's a big difference, and this is why the Exodus metaphor does not apply here. I think a lot of people want the cage. I think H.L. Mencken is right. H.L. Mencken said the average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe. You don't see that in Exodus. The Jews wanted to escape Egypt. There were none of them that stayed behind.
They go, oh, you know, I got a pretty good here under Pharaoh. They all want to be free.
They go, oh, you know, I got a pretty good here under Pharaoh. They all want to be free.
They go, oh, you know, I got a pretty good here under Pharaoh. They all want to be free.
It's the Bismarck model where they wanted to make everyone homogenized to little soldiers. Yeah. It's funny how one of the things I love about social media and kind of new media is that it allows people to question things they never thought to even question for their whole life. I'll give you a parallel example.
It's the Bismarck model where they wanted to make everyone homogenized to little soldiers. Yeah. It's funny how one of the things I love about social media and kind of new media is that it allows people to question things they never thought to even question for their whole life. I'll give you a parallel example.
It's the Bismarck model where they wanted to make everyone homogenized to little soldiers. Yeah. It's funny how one of the things I love about social media and kind of new media is that it allows people to question things they never thought to even question for their whole life. I'll give you a parallel example.