Absolutely, we should know what we are doing and what could be the end result. Mere working rigorously without setting a target does not let us anywhere. We are humanoid and not a machine that keeps working non stop. ... in between we must make most of the available opputunities.
It works to the advantage of corporations and governments to keep us all working and thinking that there's no better way...People need to unplug from the Matrix like Neo and Morpheous did.
I have seen few real life example , when a person rather than giving time to corporate or office they devote time into their own work /business and end up enjoying much more....they were not bounded by any restrictions and have all the flexibility to choose from. They were more successful in their field of work....