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How to Do What You Love (2006)
January 2006 To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We've got it down to four words: "Do what you love." But it's not enough just to tell people that. Doing what you love is complicated. The very idea is foreign to what most of us learn as kids. When I was a kid, it seemed as if work…
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| Jul 20, 2009 | How to Do What You Love (2006) by nebula | 59 | 35 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | How to Do What You Love (2006) by revorad | 52 | 19 |
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