Amazon Kindle Most Highlighted Passage

May 10, 2010 By Jonathan Ping 5 Comments
My Money Blog has partnered with CardRatings and may receive a commission from card issuers. Some or all of the card offers that appear on this site are from advertisers and may impact how and where card products appear on the site. MyMoneyBlog.com does not include all card companies or all available card offers. All opinions expressed are the author’s alone.

The most highlighted passage on the Amazon Kindle eBook device is:

…the more money they made the next day on the streets. Those three things—autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward—are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying. It is not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It’s whether our work fulfills us.

From the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Full list via MR and @willwilkinson.

Filed Under: Career, Self-Employment
Last updated: April 25, 2019
My Money Blog has partnered with CardRatings and may receive a commission from card issuers. Some or all of the card offers that appear on this site are from advertisers and may impact how and where card products appear on the site. MyMoneyBlog.com does not include all card companies or all available card offers. All opinions expressed are the author’s alone, and has not been provided nor approved by any of the companies mentioned.

MyMoneyBlog.com is also a member of the Amazon Associate Program, and if you click through to Amazon and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission. Thank you for your support.

User Generated Content Disclosure: Comments and/or responses are not provided or commissioned by any advertiser. Comments and/or responses have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any advertiser. It is not any advertiser's responsibility to ensure all posts and/or questions are answered.

Comments

  1. Laurence says
    May 10, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    It’s interesting to me that Amazon collects usage stats from the kindle. I wonder if you can turn it off.

    Reply
  2. pogo says
    May 11, 2010 at 11:12 am

    I don’t agree with the quote. I had all of those 3 things in my last job but it paid nearly minimum wage and I was still unhappy. You need to make a livable wage to enjoy life, and also for the job to be worthwhile.

    Reply
  3. ChrisMR says
    May 11, 2010 at 1:07 pm

    great, so amazon is reading what we are reading. sounds like an advertisers dream. im not normally a conspiracy kinda guy, but does amazon tell you they are tracking what you read? that sort of creaps me out… if i turn the pages too slowly does that tell them I am dumb…

    Reply
  4. Eric says
    May 11, 2010 at 6:14 pm

    It’s a powerful quote, so no surprise on the status as the #1 most cited passage on Kindle.

    Money is just an object if there’s nothing behind it. Yes! we need it to survive and we want the things it affords us. But in the end, we don’t take it with us.

    Work is something we also need to survive and since most of us spend a great deal of time, “doing it”. It’s best when it fulfills us, and those who have it – should be so lucky.

    Reply
  5. Kindle 3 Covers says
    October 20, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    That’s a great book and a great quote.

    Money is not everything. That’s why there are billionaires who are depressed and lonely. There is more to just having tons of money and that quote sums it up well.

    Reply

Speak Your Mind

*