the corporate world

i had to go to a meeting today. it was an introductory meeting between our company and a competitor which has been bought out by our company. i have realised in that moment that regardless of what you think matters right now.. how do you really know it does? what is the test and where is the scale to gauge your success? if a man spends all his time picking up coins to make a dollar and loves it does it make him any less than a man who begs for a few cents?