15 December 2001

On a Mission

What makes work meaningful? If you think money or prestige, think again.

by Susan Ellingwood
Less than a week after the terrorist attacks on September 11, President Bush urged Americans to "go back to work." Yet measured against the pain and efforts of the past few months, the tasks associated with our jobs can seem trivial. Which prompts a question, important in the days before September 11, but of greater consequence now: What makes work meaningful?
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