Generally I want to work for my rational self-interest. My goal is to attain a state of non-contradictory joy, i.e., happiness. I want to preserve my life, and my liberty, and my property. If I preserve my life, liberty, and property, I at least have a chance to be happy. This is what it is all about. The individual pursuing his own happiness.
So, if I am working towards my own rational self-interest, there is nothing I would rather be doing.
If however I working for the Collective, then I would rather be working for my own rational self-interest.
That is all there is to it. Work for your own rational self-interest. And if you are not, then I would suggest changing that, because you cannot exist for others. You can only exist for yourself. So if you are not working for yourself, for your own self-interest, then it is time to do a re-think. If you work for an employer, that is fine, so long as it is to your mutual benefit. Everything you do must be to your own benefit in the end, and as soon as it is not, then you should cease and desist.
In brief, I will work for me. If I cannot work for me, then I will go Galt, I will disappear, and I will stop the motor of the world (or at least my part of that motor).
I hope, for your own sake and that of your loved ones, that humanity's interests overlap with your own self-interests, for it's better to serve the greater good by accident than not to serve at all.
So, if I am working towards my own rational self-interest, there is nothing I would rather be doing.
If however I working for the Collective, then I would rather be working for my own rational self-interest.
That is all there is to it. Work for your own rational self-interest. And if you are not, then I would suggest changing that, because you cannot exist for others. You can only exist for yourself. So if you are not working for yourself, for your own self-interest, then it is time to do a re-think. If you work for an employer, that is fine, so long as it is to your mutual benefit. Everything you do must be to your own benefit in the end, and as soon as it is not, then you should cease and desist.
In brief, I will work for me. If I cannot work for me, then I will go Galt, I will disappear, and I will stop the motor of the world (or at least my part of that motor).