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The Secret of Snow
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Shawn Achor
“After many years and hundreds of interviews with workers in every conceivable profession, she has found that employees have one of three “work orientations,” or mindsets about our work. We view our work as a Job, a Career, or a Calling.14 People with a “job” see work as a chore and their paycheck as the reward. They work because they have to and constantly look forward to the time they can spend away from their job. By contrast, people who view their work as a career work not only out of necessity, but also to advance and succeed. They are invested in their work and want to do well. Finally, people with a calling view work as an end in itself; their work is fulfilling not because of external rewards but because they feel it contributes to the greater good, draws on their personal strengths, and gives them meaning and purpose. Unsurprisingly, people with a calling orientation not only find their work more rewarding, but work harder and longer because of it. And as a result, these are the people who are generally more likely to get ahead. For”
Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life

“We won’t know our purpose until we know the One who gives life purpose.”
Cambria Joy Dam-Mikkelsen, Milk and Honey: A Devotional Journey Through Scripture to Savor God's Goodness

Annabel Abbs
“He proceeds to tell me about blends of curry powders, the benefits of fresh spices, the tamarinds he is now importing in the shell. I am so absorbed I forget the kitchen---and my unfeminine blunders---entirely. He describes the smoky flavor of cumin, the black bitterness of fenugreek seeds, the sweet richness of fresh coconut flesh, the fierce blast of fresh ginger root.”
Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

London Lovett
“After fighting the natural curl in my hair for years with every weapon known to woman, I waved the white flag of surrender and shoved my collection of flat irons and other hair torture devices into the bottom drawer of my dresser.”
London Lovett, Mistletoe and Mayhem

Cindy Callaghan
“I’d heard people order coffee drinks whose names went on for half an hour . . . A double mocha joka jerky over ice with a peppermint twist and a Kansas City pickle on the side.”
Cindy Callaghan, Lost in London

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