JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe hard to pick fruit tastes less sweetmessage-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareThe hard to pick fruit tastes less sweetJackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
It’s a metaphor for the idea that things that are hard to accomplish are often not as rewarding as we might expect.
minus-squareUltraHamster64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoAren’t the most challenging things the most rewarding?
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 hours agoThe most rewarding is to find the exact appropriate amount of challenge
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoSometimes we’re told that, and sometimes it’s true, but often it’s an excuse to get people to work harder, eg at a job, but the result is actually lower quality work.
Aren’t the most challenging things the most rewarding?
The most rewarding is to find the exact appropriate amount of challenge
Sometimes we’re told that, and sometimes it’s true, but often it’s an excuse to get people to work harder, eg at a job, but the result is actually lower quality work.