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How to Do What You Love and Make Money

How to Do What You Love and Make Money, by Heather Nichols. Photograph of office buildings by Kyle Sudu
Photograph by Kyle Sudu

Meaningful work and financial abundance are not mutually exclusive; in fact, they can and should go hand in hand to enhance your life and your creativity

Do you think that you can’t do what you love and make great money doing it? 

Somehow in our culture we have made having a robust income and doing fulfilling work mutually exclusive — especially for professionals in the business of helping others. But what if you don’t have to give up income to do what you love?

What if loving what you do can actually increase your financial flows?

One of the biggest things that affects our financial flows is how we see the

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