Chapter 69. Remember the Object of the Exercise

 

“Happy, fulfilled, stretched but supported people generally achieve the most at work and get the most from life. They drain a lot of swamps—and have a pretty good time doing it (strange though it may seem swamp drainage is a Very Enjoyable Occupation). However, many of us face a few alligators . . . those subversive obstacles that get in the way of a productive, high achieving but low-stress kind of life. Some of them we make ourselves, some of them are placed there by other people. Some of them just are.”

 
 --Get Ahead; Give a Damn[*]

And the object of the exercise, my friend, is what? We all have a different agenda. You may say, “To make profits for the shareholders” (Rule 48), but you’re just trying ...

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