Itamar. Great post. Given that work occupies a large majority of our lives, one should strive to be passionate about their work. That is the global ideal (globa

Itamar. Great post. Given that work occupies a large majority of our lives, one should strive to be passionate about their work. That is the global ideal (global over the lifetime of a person). The local reality is that not all jobs throughout a career can sustain the same level of passion, and recognizing that goes a long way towards reconciling those periods of monotony. The post is applicable as well if one is working in a field that they have mentally exhausted but cannot yet afford to leave, or else in a new field for which passion can take time to build. Either way, both mentalities are important as long as people are not using their lack of passion as an excuse to slack off or deliver substandard work.