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What does it mean?
The author believes in integrating work and enjoyment so they enhance each other.
In plain terms
Make your work fun and your fun productive.
What can you take from it?
Find joy in your work to make it sustainable.

Where it applies

  • entrepreneurship
  • career choices

Putting it to work

  • aligning hobbies with work
  • finding purpose in tasks

Questions to consider

  • What work brings you joy?

Another view

Not all tasks can be made pleasurable.

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