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		peteradio on July 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Do Great Work Seems well aligned with the dictionary definition of great. If you are maintaining the status quo that is pretty much by definition not great.

badpun on July 1, 2023 [–]

great: immense; notable; momentous; exalted; grand

If you can dig ditches faster than anyone else, then you're a great ditch digger, and you're doing great work. Similarly, if you're a surgeon who saves much more lives than the average, you're doing great work. Etc.

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