How do you make work meaningful?

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In a recent post I spoke of some scenario planning I was recently involved with where I proposed a scenario coming out of this economic turmoil we're in that I call the meaningful work economy.  Having potentially lost a lot of wealth, homes, jobs and maybe more, many boomers aren't willing to just workaholic themselves for more 'stuff' and titles and just plain more work.  And the younger generations have it right from the get-go.  They're not going to work beyond what they have to unless it makes a difference - unless it's meaningful for themselves and for others.

First of all, this can be challenging, especially for boomers, who have (as a generation) focused on doing what it took to get ahead and accumulate more all their lives.  Given a choice, this generation chose to be practical rather than following their passion.  so they're going to have a challenge just breaking that conditioning.

And even if they can break away from being 'practical', how do you make work meaningful?

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