Maybe sheetrocking wasn't one of Sully's favorite jobs, but like most physical labor, there was a rhythm to it that you could find if you cared to look, and once you found this rhythm it'd get you through a morning. Rhythm was what Sully had counted on over the long years - that and the wisdom to understand that no job, no matter how thankless or stupid or backbreaking, could not be gotten through. The clock moved if you let it. Richard Russo
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In this quote, the writer describes the process of sheetrocking as a job that has a certain rhythm to it. In order to get through a day at work, you have to learn to match the rhythm of the job. This is a very important lesson for anyone to understand. If you want to be successful at any endeavor, you have to learn how to match the rhythm of that endeavor with your own personal rhythm. Also, what does it mean to "let the clock move", and what does this imply about Sully?

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