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Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Quotation
When the lawyers were offered $30 an hour their question was “Am I the kind of person who works for $30 an hour?” The answer was clearly no. But when they were asked to do it as a favor? Their new question was “Am I the kind of person who helps people in need?” And then their answer was yes.
“A Story About Motivation” from Harvard Business Review.