People work not only for money My view is that most people work not only for money, but also has some other purposes. There are few factors I will discuss. The main reason maybe be that people need a sense of achievement from work. work serves as a challenge-generating machine and it's challenges that make it possible for people to take risks and succeed, and end up getting a sense of achievement. Another contributing factors is that some people just love their job and tend to engage in it forever. For instance, if someone who loves taking photos becomes a photographer, then his or her work will never be stressful, but enjoyable and smoothing.