I completely agree with you. I also think that "most people" never truly understand and instead chase the almighty dollar believing it to be the measure of their success.
Money doesn't motivate me at all. It is a means of surviving without self-sustaining. I cut my pay in half to become an automotive mechanic and it was the greatest move I ever made. I was no longer working for the dollar, I was working for the joy of fixing things. Literally overnight I became poor and happy simultaneously.
That is really, really cool and inspiring. I think way more things can be fascinating and fulfilling than we think, its just a matter of thinking about them right. Shakespeare's "for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" rings truer every day to me.
Money doesn't motivate me at all. It is a means of surviving without self-sustaining. I cut my pay in half to become an automotive mechanic and it was the greatest move I ever made. I was no longer working for the dollar, I was working for the joy of fixing things. Literally overnight I became poor and happy simultaneously.