With the current thinking of companies as profit maximizing machines everything we do at the workplace is just window-dressing to cover up that soullessness.
Maximize your income at work (while minimizing time spent working) to maximize your happiness outside of work (hobbies, family, side project, working towards financial independence, whatever).
I am working on starting my own business to hire family and friends; for me, time spent with those people comes first, and the overall profitability of the business is less important (just need to break even).
That said, truly good leadership is a rare thing.
All employment is temporary. Remember, my goal is to operate a business to spend time with those whose company I enjoy, not to be ridiculously successful.
That said, you probably shouldn't lend money to friends.
If you can give some of your less fortunate friends/family a job and break even at the same time, it sounds like a win-win for everyone. Certainly if they are currently unemployed.
I think this is a really healthy attitude but it also requires a bit of introspection and soul searching about what is "enough" for you to be happy. If your goal is to maximize income regardless of time spent, you should probably be a CEO, or an HFT developer, or a Wall Street banker. But on the other end you can do next to no productive work and earn enough to survive if not really live an exciting life, not be able to take vacations, etc.
For different people, in different stages of their lives, living in different parts of the world, this could be anything from $5k USD a year to $500k USD a year. I'm still trying to figure it out myself and I'm in my mid 30's. It's particularly hard as every promotion that comes with more than a token single- or low double-digit percentage raise usually has a pretty significant spike in work/time requirement, at least initially. So a lot of folks (like a former boss of mine) get a big promotion and raise and find out they were happier doing less work for $50k less every year.