![]() ![]() Working with Inefficient or Incompetent PeopleĪtlas Shrugged definitely doesn’t pull any punches – it pretty much outright separates humanity into two classes of people: people who get things done, and people who don’t. You’ll notice that I haven’t really given plot examples below – I don’t really want to spoil the story for you. ![]() Here are my personal takeaways from the book – please don’t use these as a substitute for reading the novel, and if you’re tempted to just watch the film adaptation, I would suggest doing so after you’ve read the book. ![]() We’ve talked about some of them before here. Whether you love/hate Ayn Rand, her writing often makes good points about how we should live our lives. In the case of Rand, the story within Atlas Shrugged may be a railroad company set in a dystopian United States, but the lessons are applicable for everyone in different parts of their lives. As with most stories, there is a deeper message behind it, and in the case of Atlas Shrugged, the novel is about Rand’s ideas about the human condition and human greatness.īefore you start asking why we’re discussing a work of fiction on a blog about productivity, let me tell you why: borrowing frameworks and mindsets from one discipline and applying them to another is one of the best ways to increase your productivity in that area. Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand that tells a story about a world, not dissimilar to our own, on the edge of dystopia. ![]()
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