Not really what you're asking but I saw the way my father worked and decided very early on that there was no way I'd ever do what he did. He worked +70 hours a week, I think he made $55K his best year ever, he was never home, never available, never went on vacation, never enjoyed life, and at 47 with no savings or security dropped dead. My father had BA in political science with a minor in math from the University of Cincinnati and having graduated cum laude continued in the profession he learned while working his way through college.
I work 4 days per week (32 hours per week), from 7:30am to 4PM, I'm home every day for dinner, available to be with the family every day, take 4 weeks of vacation minimally not including long weekends here and there, and make a butt load more money...now I just have to see if I make it past 47.
My father never had to explicitly say it but I knew from a young age no matter what I did for a living I did not want to live my life the way he did.