Great idea. Really, sincerely - I love it. All the conversations I have with people considering entrepreneurship start with "what are your goals... ok, what are

Great idea. Really, sincerely - I love it. All the conversations I have with people considering entrepreneurship start with "what are your goals... ok, what are your real goals." Goal clarification is incredibly important. I did have a problem with almost all of the rest of the article though - the Author dismisses offhandedly many, many goals which are quite legitimate, and tries to build a case that money is not really necessary for most of the things people try to achieve. Maybe that's true, but there are plenty of cases where money is important: - I know several "effective altruists" [1], who work hard to make the most amount of money, and donate as much of it to charity as possible. This is to help other people, not to achieve a personal sense of worth, and very much depends on making as much money as possible. - People who want the freedom of not having to work, but don't yet know what they could do that won't feel like work. It's always a nice sentiment to try and work at something which you love doing, and is even possible in many cases... but ask many 25 year olds what kind of work they'd still enjoy doing at 40, and not many will be able to tell you for sure. etc. [1]: See e.g. http://80000hours.org/ http://80000hours.org/