Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Enjoyment in one's work leads to higher quality results.
- In plain terms
- If you enjoy your job, your work will be perfect.
- What can you take from it?
- Passion improves the quality of output.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you enjoy your current work?
- How does mood affect your output?
Another view
Pleasure does not always correlate with objective perfection.
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