My mind always is blown when I think about the different things people do for money...or their career...I mean people make very good money...probably the best money doing what I would consider the fun things in life...acting...singing...playing a sport...piles of greenbacks...while folks dig ditches and plow fields for some of the smallest amounts...I've made most of my career about serving other people...trying to make them happy as a service rep...and further as a manager...which my life was devoted to making my team happy...and if you've covered this blog so far...you know I've been recently removed from a job I really loved...and was good at...I was removed because someone else was "just doing their job" protecting a HUGE company from risk...mean while I've poured millions of dollars into the revenue buckets for this company over my career...thousands of times more than I ever made...but you know what...despite the shame of being canned...I feel lucky...lucky to have had the time with a diverse group that I truly enjoyed...the people is what it was about...the fight...joining as a team and being good...award winning good...together is something special...
But...back to the theme...from Paramore that rocks the GMA stage...on a Friday morning in the rain...they are working...the hosts working...the crowd...spending their earned money to see the show...but after the show...people will be paid squat to clean the trash that the concert creates...life is about choices...and opportunity...it's up to you to make the best of it...get the job...make a life...and remember some of the happiest people aren't the millionaires...they are the ditch diggers...cleaning ladies...dish washers...
So take a moment...and let's work to live and not live to work...unless work is what floats your boat...
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