In general, we aren’t content to be like God; we want to be God. And this is the cause of so much self-centeredness in work. Work becomes about proving that we can accomplish something, that we are worth our salt, and that our voices are worth listening to—even if we have to bang the table or send a snarky told-you-so email. So we invert the purpose of work. Instead of working as a way to love and serve others, we turn work into a way to be loved and served by others. Instead of longing to hear the “Tov!” of God, we work for the “Tov!” of people.
