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# SCOTOMAVILLE 01.12 - IT Needs Work

Daniel recalls John Kalench and his own years in the Navy, ministry and economic development, and tells viewers "You have the power within you to design a life, to make something different from whatever you've been handed, to not just settle." That is agency over circumstance, the center of meaning beyond a job.

**Mission:** [M4. Meaning Beyond the Job](/a/GB_mission-4-meaning-beyond-the-job.html)

**The whole picture:** [What 13 Years of Video Says to SI](/a/GB_what-13-years-of-video-says-to-si.html)

**The 2022 reflection:** [SCOTOMAVILLE 01.12 - IT Needs Work REFLECTION](/v/scotomaville-01-12-it-needs-work-reflection.html)

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq25u5_2DEY