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Three People Working Outside the Box: Part 1
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Three People Working Outside the Box: Part 1

What do a liquor distributor, a pizza store manager, and a tour guide in colonial garb have in common? Interesting jobs and good attitudes to start, but that is certainly not all...

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Emily Burnett
Dec 03, 2024
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So, a liquor distributor, a Dominos manager and a tour guide walk into a bar…

It reads like the start of a joke, but no. These are the unique professions of three people I had the good fortune to “talk shop” with in my 2024 travels. They didn’t actually walk into a bar, but I bet the three of them could have some fabulous conversation if placed at the same social table.

Even in Biblical times, people asked the annoying question most people don’t love answering: “So, what do you do?” Okay, so it was phrased a little differently, like in the story of Jonah when the mariners in the storm-tossed ship asked Jonah, “What is thine occupation?”1

In my approaching-mid-life rewrite, that question has become one of the least interesting questions to ask or answer. Why? Well, I suppose because it’s so often asked to determine a person’s social or economic status, and this tells us exactly not much about a person’s zest for life, character development or contributions.

That said, the subject of work r…

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