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Choosing a career, we ask 'passion or security?' But maybe loading passion onto work was the mistake. Should we expect meaning from our jobs, or treat work simply as the thing that funds our lives?
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Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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