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2014届高考英语二轮专题突破精选：阅读理解 1.I had lunch with a friend of mine the other day and she said something that I found surprising: Work is paid slavery. My friend wanted more control over her work hours, income, etc., but you can imagine that if work is serving someone, she wont have much luck until that belief changes. When I asked her where that belief came from, she said her father. Most of us spend many of our waking hours at work. How we think about those hours will determine how good or bad we feel about our lives. How would you complete the sentence: Work is....? How many of us say that work is fulfilling? How many say work is fun? Changing Limiting Beliefs Almost everyone I talk to has limiting beliefs about money or work. I worked with my friend using the walking belief change described in Debug Your Mental Software. When it came time to come up with a new belief, she struggled. She even asked me: Whats the opposite of slavery? So strong was the old belief that she couldnt think of the opposite. Whats Your Work Belief? If you think work is bad, youll end up working in an unfulfilling job regardless of how much it pays. If you think work is freedom, youll enjoy your work because it fulfills you. I call it soul work. If youre doing the work you love, it will be energizing, freeing. Much of our work ethic(职业道德规范) starts in childhood by watching our parents. How did they talk about work? Did they hate it, or did they love it? The truth is probably somewhere in between. Many of us say we dont want a job like my parent had or a job where theyre stuck inside a small room. But many of us end up with jobs like that. Sometimes its how we approach the tasks of our jobs that make the difference. Its possible to make even the most ordinary job meaningful and fulfilling. If it isnt possible for you to do that, then it is time to think about evolving out of the job. Sometimes just quitting a job because its boring is the wrong thing to do, but thinking about where you want to be a