• Work is not demeaning, but how you think about work can be demeaning.
• If you think work is demeaning, then you avoid work to avoid demeaning yourself.
• Your mind makes working a heaven or a hell, but doing the work is in itself neutral.
• You mind working because you mind working, not because working is minding you.
• Work can require effort, strain, and the repetition of mundane tasks, but work never requires you to think less of yourself.