When you work for money, you'd rather do something else, and you aspire to save up enough so that you can stop and do something else. When you love your work,

When you work for money, you'd rather do something else, and you aspire to save up enough so that you can stop and do something else. When you love your work, it doesn't feel like work, and you don't want to stop. (having said this, I know some people who started out wanting money in order to do something useful with it later, however now they are so hooked to optimize their income more and more -- money has become their main driver and primary motivation.)