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Moostache

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25. I could not agree more.

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 03:14 PM

Apr 2015

Money really isn't everything. I've done a lot of jobs. Loving the work you do is the most important thing. You need money to live so you work, but if you are lucky enough to be doing something you love, the money is not as important as it is when you have to do a job you don't like.

I have held positions that paid me very well by any rational standard but were abhorrent to me personally and I could not get out of them fast enough. Made me wonder on more than one occasion what the hell I was thinking even accepting them in the first place...

I am currently blessed to be in a position I love, doing work I enjoy and with a company that I respect and like being a part of...I might even be able to hardball my employer into a better compensation package, if I chose; and I KNOW I could get higher paying positions in other areas, even in a tepid economy, I just don't want to.

I wish everyone could be lucky enough to love what they do and to enjoy not only the hours from 5 PM to 6 AM but their whole days, very Pollyanna I know...but it would be a marvelous world to behold!

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true PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #27

Ah, my apologies! F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #32

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K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2015 #21

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