You ought to try to not think in extremes and false dichotomies. Suggesting that we refrain from fully identifying and enmeshing ourselves in our work is not ad

You ought to try to not think in extremes and false dichotomies. Suggesting that we refrain from fully identifying and enmeshing ourselves in our work is not advocating an "anti-work ethic". "Success comes from perseverance, not idleness or detachment." Beyond the false dichotomy, how are you defining success? By discovering/developing breakthroughs that earn a place in history? Given how few those people really are, it's a pretty good argument against not bothering to even try.