“Contentment used to be a virtue. Now it’s a vice.”
I came across this line on Brad Feld’s blog.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Brad, he is a successful entrepreneur and early stage VC investor. He cofounded the Foundry Group, Mobius Venture Capital, Intensity Ventures and Techstars, and sold his first company back in 1993.
But Brad has also struggled with depression over the years and so you’ll find that a number of his blog posts are also quite contemplative.
This particular post – where the above line comes from – is about a societal norm that I am sure many of you can relate to. I know I can. Here’s another snippet from the post:
“We talked for a few minutes about the overall, dominant American culture of achievement. The endless striving. The need to feel busy, important, and successful. The deep cultural norms around ambition.”
