Von Tobel: Loving your work means working nonstop with zero boundaries
Alexa Von Tobel · "$375M Exit: The Alexa Von Tobel Startup Story Transforming Financial Literacy for Millennials!" · Jul 24, 2024 · at 32:15
LearnVest founder and Inspired Capital managing partner Alexa Von Tobel shares her counter-perspective on the common adage about loving one's work.
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“Somebody once said to me, like, do what you love to do, and you'll never work a day in your life, and I, I've actually come up with this one, which is, do what you love, and you will work every day of your life, all the time, with no boundaries, and take things extremely personally, because you care so much.”
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