Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize

On a flight from Toronto to Israel, an elderly woman handed Rabbi Asaf Prisman a small card with three cartoon panels, and it stayed with him. In Parshas Emor, why is the Korban Omer named after a measurement, when the Mincha offering has the exact same volume and isn't called that? And why does the counting to Shavuos begin with it? The Be'er Yosef and a Gemara in Kiddushin turn the question toward how we think about our work and our income.