“When you completely identify with your role (mother…doctor…), then something vital is missing. If you play a role at work, you always have a secondary motive because the ego is at work. You’re not totally focused on the task at hand because there is some self-interest there. You want to protect yourself. You want to get credit for yourself…or use the people around you.”
Eckhart Tolle
Kismet 
Interesting quote and one person in particular comes to mind – his work was and continues to be his badge of honor in a misaligned way…
Hmmmm
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Thoughts connected to the quote shared -ha – perhaps is was not connected the way I thought it was – anyhow – good week to you
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