Steve Jobs said:
“Many people find what they believe to be safe harbors (lawyers and accountants), only to wake up ten or fifteen years later and discover the price they paid.”
“The journey is the reward. People think that you’ve made it when you’ve gotten to the end of the rainbow and got the pot of gold. But they’re wrong. . . . Think of your life as a rainbow arching across the horizon of this world. You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear.”
Do you agree with this?
Work is a tool — to generate wealth, to pursue your real interests, to prevent emotions you don’t want (e.g., learned guilt of not providing), as a substitution for personal purpose, and many others.
Work and money are necessary.
But is it possible to “make what you love your work”? Or is it a flowery sentiment that’s nice to hear and only possible in hindsight? If the pot of gold isn’t the reward, what is?
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