Passionate Worker or Workaholic?

I always tell people that I am very lucky because there is fine line between my work and my hobby. I am not really sure when this happened, it just did. I am passionate about what I do and really enjoy the strategic side as well as the chase. I am sure that some people have a hard time grasping that concept and think I have no life. I do have a life and I am fortunate I can make a living doing something that truly interests me.

Seth Godin wrote a little something that caught my attention.

He wrote: Workaholics

A workaholic lives on fear. It's fear that drives him to show up all the time. The best defense, apparently, is a good attendance record.

A new class of jobs (and workers) is creating a different sort of worker, though. This is the person who works out of passion and curiosity, not fear...

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http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/01/workaholics.html

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