Craftsmanship:
The Meaning of Life.
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or a sense of
completion, a
sense of purpose
and pride

"What I have yearned for all my life is not so
much cosmic unity, but simply
‘completion’. "
- Santayana, The Life of Reason

Sense of Completion comes from our ability
to do things with purpose, quality and
beauty.

Craftsmanship

Craftsmanship is what differentiate a great
professional from an ordinary

What is craftsmanship?

Passion

Great dancers are not great because of their
technique; they are great because of their
passion. - Martha Graham

Do you have Passion to challenge the
limits?

Love

Do you Love what you do?

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all
fun. - Thomas A. Edison

Knowledge and Skill

Do you possesses the
necessary knowledge and
skills to perform the work?

Excellence

"Don’t look for a
better job, do a better
job at what you’re
doing now." - Charlie
Jones

Attention to detail

Give attention to the details and excellence will
come. - Perry Paxton

Thirst for Learning

Always walk through life as if you have
something new to learn and you will.
-Vernon Howard

Embrace Change

"Challenges make you discover things about
yourself that you never really knew. They're
what make the instrument stretch-what make
you go beyond the norm."

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Create Opportunities

"To hell with circumstances.
I create opportunities.“
- Bruce Lee

Pride & Sense of Completion

Regardless of whatever you do, do it with …

Set me a task in which I can put something of my
very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it
is art. - Bliss Carman

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