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Hello everyone. Welcome to another five-minute leader. Today, I actually want to share something from a really great book that I am reading, which I highly recommend. It's this one here, 38 Letters from JD Rockefeller to His Son, John.
I don’t want to read you a full letter, but I want to share a fable from one of these letters that JD Rockefeller shares with his son. It’s a very interesting fable with a lot of relevance that I think applies in today’s world when we think about work. So let me just find this fable here.
Okay, here’s the fable. I just want to read it to you, and then we’ll talk about the implications and what it means.
In ancient Europe, a man found himself in a wonderful place where he could enjoy everything in his afterlife as soon as he stepped into the peace or as soon as he stepped into the piece of music. Someone who looked like a waiter came over and asked him, “Sir, do you have any needs? Do you have everything you want? Delicious food, all possible forms of entertainment, and all kinds of pastimes. Amongst them are many beautiful young women who you can enjoy as you please.”
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