I would underline that in (a reasonably successful) life one progresses from doing to owning. Ownership can be of skills and knowledge, of a network of friends and acquaintances, or simply a place to live. The doing (and doing the doing well) contributes to the owning, such that eventually when you can't actually do much anymore, you are still valuable to society.
Of course this all falls apart when the world changes under our feet, and the things we own become worthless!
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Some great advice here.
I would underline that in (a reasonably successful) life one progresses from doing to owning. Ownership can be of skills and knowledge, of a network of friends and acquaintances, or simply a place to live. The doing (and doing the doing well) contributes to the owning, such that eventually when you can't actually do much anymore, you are still valuable to society.
Of course this all falls apart when the world changes under our feet, and the things we own become worthless!