Nick Perry argues that wealthy people like Elon Musk and LeBron James stay obsessed with their work because it feeds them, while most people resent their jobs and get eaten by them instead. If your work doesn't nourish you, it's draining you. There's no middle ground.
I just heard a powerful quote that explains why the rich only get richer while the poor stay poor, and it goes like this: If you don't feel fed from what you're doing, then you're being eaten by it. Now let that sit for a moment, because any person who is absurdly rich is absurdly obsessed with their craft and talent. Elon Musk is absurdly obsessed with rockets and the moon and gadgets. LeBron James is absurdly obsessed with basketball. David Goggins is absurdly obsessed with discovering the human limits. And that's the whole difference between rich and poor, because the rich get fed by what they're building and who they're becoming, while the poor get eaten by a 9-to-5 that they resent. So ask is your work making you or is it breaking you? Because there's no in-between.
