Exactly. He is intrinsically motivated because he is always working on things that appeal to him. He found his passion. That is the most relevant thing. Those of us who have no passions and yet still have the skills to work in similar fields have to find another way to make it work...
Insert the passion(energy) in yourself. You have no choice if you have to grind through things you don't want to. Every human experiences some type of "grind" , although to different degrees. I acknowledge the difficulty but you do have to make it work or then life sucks lol
