I was born a communist. But I got over it. Business is fun.

When I started, I definitely didn’t care about “creating a business”. I just wanted to make a living, and profit was just a way for me to get by.

As I’ve gotten more and more interested in business and developed my skill at it, I am more equally invested in the purpose of the business AND the profit – BUT, I’m not interested in the profit MORE than doing interesting and good things in the world.

I think of it like a game, where I only win if I do all three things:
a)    create an interesting and good thing that helps people
b)    really enjoy myself
c)     make a profit

So without a) and b) I lose. So I am motivated by c) but only in part. It’s part of the game, the business game, to make a profit. It’s part of my motivation. Like, playing basketball, you want to win. But if you don’t have fun, and the people around you don’t have fun, you lose, even if you win.

But can you imagine playing basketball where nobody wanted to win? Eh, boring.

It’s all about the balance. Profit isn’t evil. Profit out of whack with the joy and the service might become evil. But don’t blame profit. Blame the out-of-whack-ness.