We go to work for the money.
Everybody thinks that. That’s what we’re taught from a very early age. That’s what is drummed into us from the beginning.
“You need to work hard at school so that you can get a good job to buy the things you want”
I’m not so sure.
It seems we have a choice quite early on (but the choice continues throughout our careers and our lives)
Do things brilliantly, or as brilliantly as we can which will mean doing less things or do lots of things that are mediocre. Get a job where you have to make 1,000 widgets a day for 100 points or make a job where you make 2 brilliant widgets for 50 points each.
It’s a long game; it’s a long race. In the end it’s probably with yourself.
When it gets to counting at the other end what you’ve got it probably doesn’t matter anyway. So the choice is: be good and you might get rich or try to be rich but I think you’re much less likely to be good.
Blog Post Number: 918
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