Comment by markus_zhang
4 days ago
I always think this is very biased. Basically there are two things to consider:
1. People at deathbed usually don't think very clearly, and it suggests the deathbed experience overrules everything before
2. Many people just have work. They don't have a calling, and neither do they have a career. It does sound reasonable to drop work for something else, as long as money is fine.
Excellent points.
Considering I have heard these "Deathbed Quotes" so many times with similar sounding refrain I am just inclined to ignore them.
And most people I know and see do drop work for family and friends ever so often as much their situation permits.
> And most people I know and see do drop work for family and friends ever so often as much their situation permits.
Your experiences today may well be the result of this idea becoming more and more pervasive over the past 30 or so years, and the resulting reduction in employee loyalty to their employers.
To be honest this loyalty thing seems to me was promoted by corporate management hucksters and now no loyalty phenomenon is getting promoted by alternate lifestyle peddlers. Most people I have seen at work and outside in all these years just work enough that bleak alternatives don't become reality.
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