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Meaning and Vision

Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

—Susan Ertz, Anger in the Sky

If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

—Martin Luther King Jr., Detroit, June 23, 1963

We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.

—Woody Allen, Plan 9 From Outer Space

A Preliminary Explanation for Workaholics

Beware the traps that we set for ourselves! In this chapter, we will discuss meaning and vision. Living your job intensely and making it part of your life’s essence will really allow you to enjoy it and maximize your efficiency. Feeling work this way could even bring you to see it as ...

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