We use the word work every day. In the morning, we think about a dream that's been working on us. We work on our emotions at the shrink's and of course we go to work every day to pay the rent. But sometimes when we're at work and spending hours in long, pointless meetings, we feel that we haven't had time to really work.

So what are we talking about? Everyone understands the word ‘work’, but we're in a quandary when we're asked to define it.