I found it intellectually numbing, tedious in the extreme. All you were was a sort of high-powered social worker and perhaps not even a good one. So I won't miss that.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Banks describes a social work role as boring and intellectually uninspiring.
- In plain terms
- That job was boring and not fulfilling.
- What can you take from it?
- Work must feel meaningful to be enjoyable.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes work worth doing?
- How to find purpose?
Another view
What is tedious to one may help another.
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