For purpose-driven people, this is the conundrum of client-service work: to perform at your best, you must learn how to care about something because … - Pete Buttigieg
" "For purpose-driven people, this is the conundrum of client-service work: to perform at your best, you must learn how to care about something because you are hired to do so. For some, this is not a problem at all. A great lawyer or consultant can identify so closely with the client, or so strongly desire to be good at the job, or be so well compensated, that her purposes and interests and those of the client become one. But for others, work can only be meaningful if its fundamental purpose is in things that would matter even if no one would pay you to care about them.
About Pete Buttigieg
Peter "Pete" Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (pronounced /ˈbuːtɪdʒədʒ/; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former military officer who has served as the United States secretary of transportation since January 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 2012 to 2020, which earned him the nickname "Mayor Pete".
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