I believe that caring deeply about something is the key to doing it well. If you’re truly passionate about it, then you will do great things with it, no matter what. Great scientists devoted all their time to making new discoveries and making things. They sacrificed things and sometimes even put their health in jeopardy. Why wouldn’t emotional attachment to what you’re doing or working on be the best way to make even more worthwhile?

You might argue that being emotionally involved in your work clouds your judgment, but I don’t think it does. It might cloud your judgment as to other things-you might forget to eat or something- but not your judgment as to what your focus is upon. It becomes your baby. You coddle it. Nights become sleepless because you’re tending to every thing that might need to be done. While everything else in your life might become hazy, your project is a clear spot.

Emotional detachment from your work means it’s not a top priority. You might say that it isn’t a top priority, that there are many things more important. Air, for example. There is no shortage of air, don’t worry about that. Water and food, on the other hand, are something to worry about a tad. I’m quite sure that only a complete imbecile would totally forgo food and water, anyways. Everyone knows you need it. Besides, you’d pass out from lack of either, so it’d be important to anyone who actually wishes to work at what they do.

Also, I don’t think that you really care about the work if there isn’t any emotion in it. You can’t be totally emotionally detached from it and make any progress. If it doesn’t mean anything to you, then that’s just it. You don’t care about it. It. Can’t. Be. Important. If. You. Have. No. Emotion. Towards. It. I can’t make this point strong enough.

As I said, you have to have at least a little emotional attachment to it, otherwise it’s just some hoo