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"Something deep down in me cringes when I hear businesses call people “consumers.” Sure, people consume, but that’s not all they do. But maybe businesses sometimes refer to people as consumers because that’s what so many do too often: they consume.
Ask yourself if you consume more than you produce. Is your goal in the morning to wake up and say, “I wonder how I can please myself today?” Or, is your goal to serve others?
Albert Einstein was quoted in the June 20, 1932 New York Times as saying: “Only a life lived for others is the life worth while.” There’s so much wisdom to that."