The Winston Churchill Fallacy

"You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give."

- attributed to Winston Churchill.

It is true that you make a life by what you give, but it is a gross error to say you make a living by what you get.

The truth is, you make a living by what you give. The people who pay you value your work more than the money they trade for it. What you get is simply the reward for what you have given.