Planted on:Apr 28, 2024 5:04 PMLast tended:May 5, 2024 11:46 PMCategoryIntentional LivingGarden SproutsEinstein worked as a patent clerk while he worked on his big ideas that would later change everything. He referred to that office as “that worldly cloister where I hatched my most beautiful ideas.” That job could have been a means to an end; he could have engaged in the finite game of climbing the ladder, growing a reputation, and seeking reward. But instead, Einstein saw his workplace as a place of removal and retreat from the game he was actually playing.