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jobs are creative acts

Ben Pieratt writes that jobs are creative acts

As a creative person, you’ve been given the ability to build things from nothing by way of hard work over long periods of time. Creation is a deeply personal and rewarding activity, which means that your Work should also be deeply personal and rewarding. If it’s not, then something is amiss.

Creation is entirely dependent on ownership.

I’ve always felt that the act of creation is a powerful one, unrecognized or under appreciated. In certain environments people who accomplish great things have very little ownership of the end result, but they can own the means and abilities to reach that accomplishment. When others step in to own part of the process… it’s theft.

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  • jobs are creative acts

    Ben Pieratt writes that jobs are creative acts As a creative person, you’ve been given the ability to build things from nothing by way of hard work over long periods of time. Creation is a deeply personal and rewarding activity, which means that your Work should also be deeply personal and rewarding. If it’s not,…

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