WHY?

I know a man who is spending a lot of time, energy, and money to train for something he's not suited to.  He thinks it's the "right thing to do," and certainly feels it's a laudable role to have in society.  And, on the surface, it is a nice role.  Useful.  Respectable.  
The only problem is that he's not suited for the role, and he might be training for that role so he can have a laudable, respectable role in society. 


What a waste.  As Seth Godin wrote about music (to paraphrase):  Joshua Bell isn't the best violinist in the world, but he's the best Joshua Bell in the world.  This man doesn't know why he's training for that vocation.  Ask him and you'll get what he THINKS the reasons are, and an assessment of what he WISHES he were, but he really is in it for other reasons.

He has missed the WHY.  


So...why are you doing what you're doing?  I mean, REALLY...why?  Go beyond the surface.  A lot of jobs have paychecks, so that's not the reason.