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Think of your work not as a place to make a living, but as an opportunity to make a life

Eric Butterworth
September 2006 (Vol. XIX, No. 8)

Think of your work not as a place to make a living, but as an opportunity to make a life. Think of yourself as a channel through which creative activities flow.

~ from SPIRITUAL ECONOMICS, by Eric Butterworth
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