When people find out what I do for a living they think it's pretty cool.
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So much of our persona is invested in what we do for a living.
She knows maids who, in social situations, lie about what they do for a living.
This is how we ended up doing what we now do for a living.
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There are other reasons for feeling disconnected from what you do for a living.
In the end, I'm not making board games--what I do for a living is make stories.
Lecturing us on what is good, healthy and moral for society is what they do for a living.
The second question about whether to hire an adviser to manage your investment portfolio is what I do for a living.
What we do changes everything, and we know that what you do for a living is a game changer for women too.
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Like it or not, whatever identity we have in this country, especially for men, comes from what we do for a living.
How many times have we met someone in a casual context and are surprised when we learn what they do for a living (or vice versa)!
But again that is the not the sort of thing I want to utter in front of my kids to explain what I do for a living.
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Working in the open-sourcers' favor is the fact that what lawyers do for a living is quite similar to what Google's software algorithms do with Web sites.
My colleagues and I used puzzle boxes to show these kids what we do for a living, and more to the point, to engage their minds.
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Once they are old enough to understand what their parents do for a living, bring them to a few business events or invite like-minded entrepreneurs to your home.
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But now, with all the airport security, flight delays, baggage fees, and surly attitudes of airline employees, it has become the least favorite part of what I do for a living.
After all, if five days with no water, power, or heat sounds better to you than your day job, it might be time to seriously examine what you do for a living.
So for you to develop as a truly distinctive leader we will need to focus less on what you do for a living and focus more on what you see for a living.
The first being that we would indeed rather like it that people do for a living what they have an aptitude for: this division and specialisation of labour thing works better that way.
Bourdain's tasty excursions may not be something we can all do for a living, but from the coastal piers of New Jersey to the mountainous terrains of Northern Africa, you've experienced amazing off-the-beaten-track meals, too.
One final point: what I do for a living at the moment is examine old deposits, old wastes, the new technologies of how we might extract things from them and the economics of our doing so.
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Working in the open-sourcers' favor is the fact that what lawyers do for a living is quite similar to what Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people )'s software algorithms do with Web sites.
"It's a wonderful thing for TV viewers, but it's a very challenging thing for people who do what I do for a living, " said FX Network President John Landgraf to a gathering of television reporters at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour in Los Angeles.
Pitching ideas from your kitchen table is one thing and actually sitting behind a news desk next to people who do this for a living with cameras and lights all in your face is a totally different beast.
When you do this for a living you realize, this is a goddamned miracle.
One out of three young people reports blogging, but bloggers who do it for a living successfully are 2% of bloggers overall.
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