In the Gospels we hear that "and He did all things well."

And that's our model.

We need to subdue things well, including the task of harvesting resources to be put to good use, as my other post described.

We need to use our intellect well, we must develop what are called the human virtues:  prudence, justice, temperance, & fortitude, etc. very well.

These "developable" capacities will aid us in making good decisions, moral decisions, efficient decisions, holy decisions in our work life. 

We must give our whole self to the tasks of work.  He told us we were put here to work.  This was even before the "fall". 

So we must give, as He commanded us (not a suggestion), our whole "heart, soul, mind and strength", not just abstractly in our faith & in our "religious life", but in our work life, & in our family life, and in our leisure.  

Imagine the high task:  "extract these resources for the good of all, and in such a way that the people of the community won't even know we're here!"