Self-robbery

They say another thing. They say that anything that's worth doing is an end in itself; that anything that's done as a means to an end is self-robbery. Now, what does that mean? I had, we'll say, fifty men working for me. Thirty-five of them worked for a pay check. They lost five days and lived two out of every week. They worked for a pay check. Fifteen of them worked for fun. They had a picnic! They never lost any time, and they were my premium men. They got more money than anybody else, and they lived seven days a week; lost no time. Anything done as a means to an end is self-robbery. Even to be good for something is self-robbery; even if it's being good to go to Heaven. It's pretty good motivation, but it's self-robbery, because there's no barter in this deal, no barter at all. We do it for free and for fun because we love it. Fascinating. To be good for nothing; this is the freedom of life. Just to be good for nothing; that's not self-robbery; that's for free and for fun.

(Chuck C.)