It was a matter of not living lavishly but enjoying what you had, growing things with your hands, working hard, but not being tied to a nine-to-five job, and generally feeling that there's more to life than money.

In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.

From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

You can no longer define your manhood by whether you're on a nine-to-five job or you're making more money than your wife.

If I was working hard, she bled into my personality. I became more cynical.

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.