A Spark by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe from The Vision, chapter 73
“Whenever I am not sure of whether I am working because I need money or because I want to, I just put money out of the equation. I ask myself if I would continue to work if I didn't get money for it.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 73
The walk-through
Need and want are easy to confuse, and work is where the confusion costs most. Innocent’s way of separating the two is a small thought experiment: take the money out of the picture and ask whether you would keep doing the job unpaid. The answer shows which is really in charge — the money or the work.
He uses it to locate passion, and to keep his decisions honest about his happiness as well as his needs. His premise is that “less happiness can be found from working because you need to, than from working because you want to.”
Leave money in charge and a poor financial position quietly picks your life for you. “Yes, we need money, but we also need to be happy with our lives.” The aim is the overlap — getting what you need while doing what you want.
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