The addictive organization
by Anne Wilson Schaef · first published 1988
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Workaholism is a destructive behavior that society encourages in the erroneous belief that it results in increased productivity. This book.
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…github. https://github.com/ironsmith58/RDB These were a great way to learn shell commands and perl. (and a free database) The Wiki Way was the first book on wikis. Another book that helped me was "The Addictive Organization" by Anne Wilson Schaef. It's just amazing how common behaviors are that are normally associated with addiction. Principally: Projection and denial.
on “What is the one book that helped you the most in your career?” ↗There is a book called The Addictive Organization that touches on this. Below are a couple thoughts and excerpts cut-and-pasted from my notes: "What makes the organization addictive is the promise it makes to every employee about the future, which takes…
on “The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher” ↗It seems we have similar interests. I've run across The Addictive Organization too, in addition to Gatto, though in his case I read Dumbing Us Down, not the book you cited. Gatto seems courageous to me; a real freethinker. Was it Durkheim who said that the first purpose of any…
on “The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher” ↗