The world of work is only a part of life - but it takes up a big chunk of time.  One's work may be either broad and satisfying or narrow and a source of discontent - it varies with one's experience. The goal is to "find flow" in life and every day, as described by Mihaly Csikszentmi the C. S. and D.J. Davidson Professor of Psychology and Management, Director of Quality of Life Research Center. Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management (Claremont Graduate University) in (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 303 p.). Emeritus Professor of Psychology (University of Chicago).