Earlier in this chapter, I outlined two paths to success: the quick and the slow. The former focuses on chasing status and external rewards. The latter is based on enjoyment and intrinsic drivers. Smith outlined a similar idea centuries ago. “To deserve, to acquire, and to enjoy the respect and admiration of mankind, are the great objects of ambition and emulation. Two different roads are presented to us, equally leading to the attainment of this so much desired object; one, by the study of wisdom and the practice of virtue; the other, by the acquisition of wealth and greatness.”
