“I was in middle school at work with him one day doing a sort of “shadow day.”

He told me “Don’t listen when people say ‘do what you love and you’ll never work.’ It rarely works out for anyone. Do I like what I do? I’m good at it and it pays me well enough to live how I want. I’d rather get paid what I do now to do nothing but that doesn’t happen. Do what you tolerate and what supports your lifestyle. Find fulfillment outside of work.”

I was kind of taken back by it at the time. I thought he might just be cynical. But as I got older it became more and more evident that he was correct.”