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When we think about labor, we usually think about motivation and payment as the same thing, but the reality is that we should probably add all kinds of things to it - meaning, creation, challenges, ownership, identity, pride, etc.

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Dan Ariely
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 29
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