job or money... which is more important?

as to most questions, there, to my mind, cannot be a straight answer to this one... while one certainly cannot stick on to a job if the quality of the engagement is totally below par, the monetary aspect cannot be ruled out altogether since one single cause of attrition is the push factor from a job (with a low monetary reward) and pull factor from another job (with higher rewards)...
the ideal (and to that extent) rare coincidence is a balance of both...great feeling on the job and cushy salary... it happens but rarely...
i have had the occasion to work with quite a few top shots of companies... seeing them work, i have had my own take... why not begin life as the head of a company (since, in any case, most of these guys do less work than their able advisers) when the need of money is much more, the chances of enjoying life (with good health to boot) is much higher than at 55 when one hardly sees with one eye and walks on one leg?... 55 should be the age when one can afford to have a sidey function, with most ambitions met, most of the world seen, most food not allowed, life lived... preposterous??? may be, but that is my view, so what if it not realistic?
for myself, earlier in life, i have done jobs which i would not be able to do today, but that was mostly for the money i needed then... yes, i need money even today, but have become far more choosy on what i want to do and what i would not, even for a day, irrespective of the money that comes...
today, i want more private time, great quality of work, comfortable ambience with great people around, good entertainment, +++ loads of money... any takers???