Those that really know what they want will often work for profit while intently seeking to avoid any unnecessary mediator, such as money, between them and the profit.
Profit isn't so much driven by money and never has been, the need to work and the aspiration for profit naturally emerges out of the desire to survive, comfort, love, create, experience, and sometimes, even just to give away for the joy of giving
Money is almost always a 3rd party interrupt between one and actual true meaningful profit. Perhaps the only time it's not is when money has become the goal in and of itself, at which point all meaningful profit has arguably been lost, as money by itself inherently does and cares for nothing.
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