There is nothing special about it, and it is in no way always important to be in the driver's seat.
Think about it. You don't cook your bread- you buy it, you don't walk from London to New York- you fly, you don't hire 50 people to do your payroll- you outsource.
In majority of cases there is someone to do the job faster and better than you.
How exciting that must be for the first 5 minutes. Depends on how far you have to go, I've done plenty of all day drives (as passenger mostly) and it ain't exciting. That's not to say driving all day ain't exhausting.
Would be much better if I could get some solid sleep in the car but I can't get comfortable.