Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form a pile.

John Hersey
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I have always believed that life is too short to spend it working primarily for money. When you are working primarily for money, it means that you are not spending enough time with your family or doing the things that you enjoy doing. So, if you are working primarily for money, it will eventually ruin your life. The reason why I believe that money is not the ultimate cause of happiness in life is because I have read stories of people who have made a lot of wealth but did not live a happy life.

Examples include Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Michael Jackson. All three of these men had made a lot of money but were still unhappy in their lives even though they had more than most people in the world.

Source: Hiroshima

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