Meaningful Work Martin Summary

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Martin suggests that personal ideals play a key role in how we choose our profession, how we identify a specialization within that profession, the role within that profession that we choose to emphasize, the specific job choice w e make, and the personal style we exhibit in doing our job. In thinking about your current role, do Martin's ideas reflect your own experience of the influence of personal ideals?

Personalize Ideals as mentioned in Meaningful Work, is the reason why I choose the education, therefore the career path I have. Which have allocated me numerous opportunities to present at conferences and work within my field. Monetary gains is not a motivation for me, although for many in the field of Psychology and Criminal Justice

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