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What does it mean?
Fools finish work they love. Intelligent people make all work fit their taste and purpose.
In plain terms
Smart people adapt work to suit them instead of just loving it.
What can you take from it?
Adapt tasks to your preferences.

Where it applies

  • career planning
  • task management
  • workplace

Putting it to work

  • reframing tasks
  • finding purpose

Questions to consider

  • How can you fit work to your taste?
  • What makes you intelligent?

Another view

Not everyone has the freedom to choose tasks.

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