dont think of working harder as "more motivated"
think of it as more ACTIVATED
you need more control, you need to be more responsible, you have some things to lose, you have some people to protect... ur working hard because your ambition is activated, ur not cheaply motivated
When I was early into TD meditation my coach would instruct me to imagine a room that I would slowly ascend a set of stairs to get to and this is exactly what it would look like minus the liquor and the painting was a massive one of a ship being tossed about by and ocean in the middle of a roaring sea.