If our life's purpose is not the work we do, then what is it?
Chapter Index
00:00 | Intro
00:25 | Chapter Begins
08:18 | Outro
References
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http://books.google.com/books?id=cccDAAAAMBAJ\&printsec=frontcover\#PPA30,M1. Fuller was of course also an architect, an engineer, an author, a designer, a most notable systems theorist, and he is considered by many to be one of the greatest thinkers of the last century; having coined the terms “Spaceship Earth”, ephemeralization, and synergetic, among others.
Philippe Beaudoin, 2012.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/107988469357342173268/posts/2MVoo5KG1eP
Rice University’s 2012 commencement, Salman Khan, 2012.
http://www.khanacademy.org/talks-and-interviews/v/salman-khan-at-rice-university-s-2012-commencement
80% Hate Their Jobs – But Should You Choose A Passion Or A Paycheck?, 2010. Business Insider.
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2010-10-04/strategy/30001895_1_new-job-passion-careers
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