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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Dissent.
When I had my first bout with cancer, I was treated with a drug cocktail that included two drugs a client and close friend had been involved in developing, one of which I'd helped him with. His work helped save my life. It gave me new perspective on the good I could do even as a lawyer.
On the second bout, one of my side effects (mouth and throat sores - a colleague with similar problems recently died of them, literally chocked to death when their throat closed) was greatly helped by a product developed by another friend, who we've since helped connect with a contingent fee lawyer for help with a very unexciting but important collection matter (their distributor screwed them - it threatened their ability to continue). I realized my health depended in part on the quality of work of an otherwise lowly collections litigator.
Work can be a very fulfilling part of life if we let it, and keep the money issues from getting in the way.
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I agree with this. One can definitely find fulfillment in any profession.
But most people don't, or don't always, so they have to find balance. This makes more sense, IMO, than believing the Protestant Work Ethic (that life is just to toil and through that one will build character, and character is reward enough regardless of whether one makes money) or the Greed Is Good mantra (work sucks, so just crush it as much as you can and try to amass the greatest wealth and prestige... and then retire and become obsessed with golf and talk about it incessantly).
The kids these days seem to grasp that The Ride is the reward. It's all you get, so if you're sacrificing everything to toil which is not fulfilling and not enjoying yourself along the way, you're doing it wrong, and quite illogically.
