personal increase in satisfaction (such as "work that my boss would otherwise tell me not to do") is valuable - even if only to you. The fact is, value is prod

personal increase in satisfaction (such as "work that my boss would otherwise tell me not to do") is valuable - even if only to you. The fact is, value is produced when something can be produced at a fraction of the resources required previously, as long as the cost is borne by the person receiving the end result.