> This game is better played when you have skin in the game
I think framing a life as a "game", which implies that there is a specific goal upon which one can either "win" or "lose" is the core of your disagreement with that particular way of thinking. Some people see things as more of an open-ended, "freestyle" exercise, rather than a win-or-lose plan
Work is life. I don’t want to spend a third of my life on something that’s just a “means to an end”. It is me. It is mine. It is my expression. It’s the result of everything I’ve got to give to this world.
So, to each, their own. This game is better played when you have skin in the game (equity, control, recognition).