Quiet Quitting, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and the Parable of the Fisherman and the Businessman

A teacher’s take

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Allow me to establish two things from the get-go:

1. Quiet quitting is nothing new. Though the term is new-ish, it relates to age-old human realities: ever-changing priorities and the fact that time is limited.