^ Task: M-W Definition

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07. Allen wrote from Peter Drucker who stated that with "knowledge work" you have to think about your stuff more than you realize but not as much as you're afraid you might. In knowledge work ... the task is not given - it has to be determined."
A.) ^ Dissociative Dictionary Definitions
Merriam-Webster Online Unabridged Dictionary

^ a Set of Actions Performed to Accomplish a Specific Purpose Whose Accomplishment Is One of the Duties though Usually not the only Duty of an Employee Holding a Particular Position
^ a Specific Piece or Amount of Work Usually Assigned by Another and Often Required or Expected to Be Finished within a Certain Time
^ Something that Has to Be Done or Needs to Be Done and Usually Involves Some Difficulty or Problem
^ Subjection to Adverse Criticism :
^ the Job Allotted to Someone as His Duty or to Some Inanimate Thing as Its Proper Function
^ the Performance that Is Required of the Subject in a Psychological Experiment or Test and that Is Usually Made Known to a Human Subject by Verbal Instructions