"The deeper truth is that **in reality it’s always you who’s choosing what you’re doing, though not in the straightforward way you might think. You’re 100 per cent free to disobey a boss, refuse a task, quit a job; you have only to live with the consequences**. It’s always a choice. That’s cold comfort, of course, if your choice is between doing appalling work and starving to death. But too often we live as if that’s the case, when really, on closer inspection, it isn’t." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[acceptance]], [[paradox-of-choice]], [[autonomy]], [[character]], [[ownership]] **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]]