In a career our goal should be not only get the task done, but it’s also to learn skills, gain experiences, build connections, and put ourselves in better position. We should be investing at least some emotional energy into a career. We should be looking for ways that we can get promotions and raises and bonuses and useful resume-building skills and experience. This means always going the extra mile and doing tasks that are beyond our minimum job description, building positive relationships with people around you, and so on. We should fight hard for a career until we get to the level of success that we want. That doesn’t mean alienating other pieces of our life. It means setting a professional goal, figuring out what we have to do to get there, and getting to work.