INTRODUCTION

The End of Work As We Know It

Never Work Again

Uncover your calling and you will never have to work again.

By way of illustration, Richard tells the following story:

I settle in to the taxi, hoping to get a bit of work done before my upcoming meeting. As the driver begins pulling away from the curb, I open my briefcase and take out a folder. Even as I try to settle in to my papers, I can see from the cabbie’s face in the rearview mirror that he wants to talk.

“So, whattayou in town for?” he asks.

“I’m giving a speech. A presentation to some businesspeople,” I say, hoping to make it sound uninteresting so the driver will leave me alone.

He doesn’t take the hint. “Oh yeah? What’s it about?”

I’m not interested in giving the speech twice, ...

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