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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
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Subject: Re: Work Ethic
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Date: Thu, 23-May-85 14:41:33 EDT
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It's simply a matter of definition; if it is "work", you are doing
it to earn money to really LIVE the rest of the time. If you happen
to luck out, and find you can get paid for doing something you
enjoy and would do even if you were not being paid for it (assuming
you could get access to the equipment, etc.), then maybe it could
be better termed a "vocation" instead of "work".

(I've never felt that people should be defined in terms of what they
do to earn money, yet that is the main factor or quality that is
always considered -- you meet a stranger, and, usually, somewhere early
in the conversation, one will ask the other, "And what do you do?", meaning
what work do they perform. Actually, people are probably better defined
by their hobbies than their jobs!)

Will