Talk about workplace stress. OK, so there’s probably more to this story than the guy simply dropping dead from working too much. (He was a 45-year-old Toyota engineer who supposedly died from working extremely long hours trying to perfect the Camry hybrid.) I’ve read and heard lots of cruel jokes about this story, unfortunately. But it’s worth noting that this guy probably believed what he was doing was important. Innovative. Green. Worth doing.

Two questions come to mind: First, most of us work pretty hard. Does what we’re doing matter? Second, if you were to die from overwork, would you have died doing what you loved?