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What does it mean?
Performance is a duty rather than entertainment for the performers themselves.
In plain terms
We perform because we must, not because it is fun.
What can you take from it?
Professional commitment often outweighs personal enjoyment.

Where it applies

  • discussing jobs
  • performance art
  • workplace culture

Putting it to work

  • career advice
  • discussing burnout
  • art criticism

Questions to consider

  • Is work a duty or pleasure for you?
  • What does performance mean to you?

Another view

It assumes performers feel joy, which is not always true.

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