I am not sure. They say how disciplined Asian people were but are they really way more productive? Higher suicide rates more stigmatization of mental illness is it worth it?
In Germany the government wants to boost productivity by getting rid of one holiday. But there is no empirical evidence whether that would actually lead to more productivity. They claim it was an easy way to increase the GDP by a few billions but there are doubts whether it actually works that way. It is probably more of a narrative that we Germans have to work more to maintain our wealth.
They say we have to work as much as Americans. While Chinese make fun of Americans for their low work ethics. In the US there is a huge gap in education. Many have a very low education, while some are extremely Ivy league educated.
I think I can be extremely disciplined. I lost 35 kilograms with 15, started to educate myself. So much that I did not want to do anything else with 18. I was in a mixed manic-depressive episode which gave me a huge drive to work my ass off. But it led to a psychosis which would have happened anyway sooner or later. Something I only recognized retrospectively.
I always wished I was Ivy league educated and I wanted to become part of the elite. I don't think I lack discipline. I rather lack hard intelligence and my resilience is net negative. I am a mental wreck. But it is not like I just needed that to succeed. My pathologies are that strong that I would be a completely different person with different goasl if I had more resilience and less abuse in my childhood.
The irony is I will never be a productive member of society and even if I killed myself I would (according to studies) cost the society a lot of money. The abuse in my childhood made me numb to mental pain caused by pressuring me. I have extremely high expectations of me when I compete in college. I was often among the best in my college courses but only because I worked my ass off. I had to take addictive medication otherwise I would broken down after two semesters. I even went on with college while having a benzo withdrawal. Something they say is worse than a heroin withdrawal. My health deteriorated further. I had so many psychosomatic issues and I was on the edge of suicide. I could not continue after 5 semesters, it was literally impossible. I ignored the mental pain but I was prettyy close to a collapse. My friends pressured me to go to a clinic and the staff of the clinic was speechless when I described my voluntary torment. I was in a lot pain and they noticed that. 1 year afterwards my resting pulse is still around 100, 30 more than prior to college.
What do I want to say with that? The abuse of my mom made me extremely disciplined. I euphemised it as Prussian education as teenager. She wanted that I have a good career. And now instead I am a mental wreck. It shows that discipline does not mean much if others factors are not met. They say conscientiousness is the best predictor for success in life. I am conscientious as fuck. Beyond anything. But in my case it is crippling. I am a neurotic nervous wreck. I am not sure what a person I was if the abuse never happened to me. With 15 a switch in my mind happened. With 14 severe bullying happened that triggered this bipolar episode. I binge watched so much trash TV on a daily basis and ate extremely unhealthy before that.
You can also destroy people's life by pressuring them to be disciplined. Some people are lazy but extremely gifted and could achieve way more than me. There is not this one factor that fixes anything. There are so many women who work their ass off in care work that noone acknowledges. They often do this for free. We also need people who do the dirty work that don't give you some sort of status.
In Germany the government wants to boost productivity by getting rid of one holiday. But there is no empirical evidence whether that would actually lead to more productivity. They claim it was an easy way to increase the GDP by a few billions but there are doubts whether it actually works that way. It is probably more of a narrative that we Germans have to work more to maintain our wealth.
They say we have to work as much as Americans. While Chinese make fun of Americans for their low work ethics. In the US there is a huge gap in education. Many have a very low education, while some are extremely Ivy league educated.
I think I can be extremely disciplined. I lost 35 kilograms with 15, started to educate myself. So much that I did not want to do anything else with 18. I was in a mixed manic-depressive episode which gave me a huge drive to work my ass off. But it led to a psychosis which would have happened anyway sooner or later. Something I only recognized retrospectively.
I always wished I was Ivy league educated and I wanted to become part of the elite. I don't think I lack discipline. I rather lack hard intelligence and my resilience is net negative. I am a mental wreck. But it is not like I just needed that to succeed. My pathologies are that strong that I would be a completely different person with different goasl if I had more resilience and less abuse in my childhood.
The irony is I will never be a productive member of society and even if I killed myself I would (according to studies) cost the society a lot of money. The abuse in my childhood made me numb to mental pain caused by pressuring me. I have extremely high expectations of me when I compete in college. I was often among the best in my college courses but only because I worked my ass off. I had to take addictive medication otherwise I would broken down after two semesters. I even went on with college while having a benzo withdrawal. Something they say is worse than a heroin withdrawal. My health deteriorated further. I had so many psychosomatic issues and I was on the edge of suicide. I could not continue after 5 semesters, it was literally impossible. I ignored the mental pain but I was prettyy close to a collapse. My friends pressured me to go to a clinic and the staff of the clinic was speechless when I described my voluntary torment. I was in a lot pain and they noticed that. 1 year afterwards my resting pulse is still around 100, 30 more than prior to college.
What do I want to say with that? The abuse of my mom made me extremely disciplined. I euphemised it as Prussian education as teenager. She wanted that I have a good career. And now instead I am a mental wreck. It shows that discipline does not mean much if others factors are not met. They say conscientiousness is the best predictor for success in life. I am conscientious as fuck. Beyond anything. But in my case it is crippling. I am a neurotic nervous wreck. I am not sure what a person I was if the abuse never happened to me. With 15 a switch in my mind happened. With 14 severe bullying happened that triggered this bipolar episode. I binge watched so much trash TV on a daily basis and ate extremely unhealthy before that.
You can also destroy people's life by pressuring them to be disciplined. Some people are lazy but extremely gifted and could achieve way more than me. There is not this one factor that fixes anything. There are so many women who work their ass off in care work that noone acknowledges. They often do this for free. We also need people who do the dirty work that don't give you some sort of status.
