[QUOTE=OvB;37943225]What it is trying to say is, don't get a job just for money. Don't get that office job with the boss you hate, where you're busting your ass for the promotion and corner office. Do something that you enjoy. If you're lucky enough to make a career out of something you absolutely love, the money that you do make no matter how little or how much will just be more icing on the cake.
I don't want to be a marine biologist for the salary, I can tell you that much.[/QUOTE]
My dad always tells me that I should get a high paying job in business so I can live my dreams like being an artist at the same time.
I think its possible to have a shitty high paying job and do the things you love at the same time.
[QUOTE=OvB;37943225]What it is trying to say is, don't get a job just for money. Don't get that office job with the boss you hate, where you're busting your ass for the promotion and corner office. Do something that you enjoy. If you're [B]lucky[/B] enough to make a career out of something you absolutely love, the money that you do make no matter [B]how little[/B] or how much will just be more icing on the cake.
I don't want to be a marine biologist for the salary, I can tell you that much.[/QUOTE]
The thing is, it's already pretty obvious you don't go "That there job makes the most money ever, that's now my career for life even though I totally suck at/hate X with all my guts."
Some career paths just have little to no potential and that's that. You do have to justify survivability and capability to move ahead when you plan a career. :v:
[QUOTE=OvB;37943225]What it is trying to say is, don't get a job just for money. Don't get that office job with the boss you hate, where you're busting your ass for the promotion and corner office. Do something that you enjoy. If you're lucky enough to make a career out of something you absolutely love, the money that you do make no matter how little or how much will just be more icing on the cake.
I don't want to be a marine biologist for the salary, I can tell you that much.[/QUOTE]
But what if your interests change and your passion becomes a boring monotone and isn't the glorious funzone you imagined it would be?
Having money enables you to do all the fun parts of any passion you're interested in at the time; and it lets you explore new passions.
Why are people assuming that people have a decided "passion" or lust for one job or one thing; if it's ever changing and not static; then wouldn't it make sense to simply strive for money to enable you to do whatever you want?
[QUOTE=MR-X;37935184]Yeah strong message and really nice and all. But realistically such a thing can never happen.
Yeah you can do stuff you want, enjoy life, work and enjoy work. But a part of life is doing shit you don't want to do.
Or i can do what this video says, end up broke, unable to feed myself and take care of myself and I live day to day.
Video says what is the point of living a long life and being miserable when you can live a short life happy. Well the point is, i get to live longer. Enjoy things from time to time, a part of having self-control and restraint is knowing you can't possibly have everything in this world.
Plus even then, people who make billions of dollars that can literally do anything they wish, change whoever lives they want, they got a lot of power from that and they end up doing stupid shit or being unhappy. So in reality, when does enough become enough? You do what you want then what do you do after that?
At least while being in a shitty job gives me some type of motivation to do better, be better, and basically get out or move up. Then i can enjoy some finer things and really enjoy them because i know the cost of being able to do that activity. In my eyes when you're just given something you don't truly understand the value or respect it as such.[/QUOTE]
those who are billionaires are billionaires because they did what they enjoyed and they enjoyed it because they were good at it which led them to a successful life
a higher paying job doesn't mean you'll get more money in the long run (of course that's dependant on what career you go into but is mostly true)
[editline]7th October 2012[/editline]
personally speaking I'd rather choose something that I'm very good at because I enjoy it instead of choosing a career I'm okay at, I find boring, but pays a lot of money
[QUOTE=The First 11'er;37943407]those who are billionaires are billionaires because they did what they enjoyed and they enjoyed it because they were good at it which led them to a successful life
a higher paying job doesn't mean you'll get more money in the long run (of course that's dependant on what career you go into but is mostly true)[/QUOTE]
Yeah I'm sure corporate CEO's are just there because they love being CEO's and aren't actually money hungry dickholes!
I know it isn't always like that; but most of the time it is. There are a lot of super-rich people in the world who didn't get there through enjoyment and love.
[QUOTE=lifehole;37943272]But what if your interests change and your passion becomes a boring monotone and isn't the glorious funzone you imagined it would be?
Having money enables you to do all the fun parts of any passion you're interested in at the time; and it lets you explore new passions.
Why are people assuming that people have a decided "passion" or lust for one job or one thing; if it's ever changing and not static; then wouldn't it make sense to simply strive for money to enable you to do whatever you want?[/QUOTE]
I would rather take my chances doing something I love for now than put it off and assume that I would get bored of it. Some people are more sure about their passions than others, and having more money does not always assure you can do what you want especially because some things require specialized training, or time commitments that just are not realistic to make when you have to work in a high paying field.
[QUOTE=Haunted;37937042]You say "Plus even then, people who make billions of dollars that can literally do anything they wish" and you miss the point. He's saying you should do what you enjoy even if it makes you a little/modest living. Because that is what you would do if you had billions of dollars anyway. Sure being in a bad job motivates you to get out of it, but then what? Find your passion so that working is not a chore. He's not saying you're given anything, you have to work for it but if it's a passion it no longer feels like work to you.[/QUOTE]
That's nice and all, but having fun doesn't feed your children.
[QUOTE=MR-X;37935184]Yeah strong message and really nice and all. But realistically such a thing can never happen.
Yeah you can do stuff you want, enjoy life, work and enjoy work. But a part of life is doing shit you don't want to do.
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I disagree. Never did stuff I didn't want to do and no problems.
[editline]7th October 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Glorbo;37948345]That's nice and all, but having fun doesn't feed your children.[/QUOTE]
There's a rule that says you can't earn money by having fun? Must have missed it and lived all my life wrong, oh my. Brb, need to sign papers to quit my job that I enjoy.
[QUOTE=Glorbo;37948345]That's nice and all, but having fun doesn't feed your children.[/QUOTE]
the moral of the story is never have kids
[QUOTE=lifehole;37937099]Your "Passion" is subjective and ever changing; as is your brain. Your passion will still be like work even if you have an illusion of joy of doing it. You aren't born with a predetermined set of likes and interests; it is determined by the society around you. And sure you can seclude yourself and live a boring life doing the same thing over and over again in the name of it being your passion; or you could be rich and dive to the deepest oceans and buy your own skyscraper to bungie jump off of.
"Specialization is for insects"[/QUOTE]
I've had the same 'passion' since I was in like third grade and it sure as hell wasn't determined by my environment around me idk what you're talking about not everyone is the same.
[editline]8th October 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=lifehole;37943272]But what if your interests change and your passion becomes a boring monotone and isn't the glorious funzone you imagined it would be?
Having money enables you to do all the fun parts of any passion you're interested in at the time; and it lets you explore new passions.
Why are people assuming that people have a decided "passion" or lust for one job or one thing; if it's ever changing and not static; then wouldn't it make sense to simply strive for money to enable you to do whatever you want?[/QUOTE]
I think you're throwing around the word passion without really knowing what it means. A passion is an incredibly strong thing, it doesn't just change on a whim. If it does then you probably weren't passionate about it in the first place.
Honestly videos like this remind me so much of fight club because of this quote
[QUOTE]Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables – slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.[/QUOTE]
I don't want to waste my life working in an office having a boring life, that's my greatest fear of all time
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There's a rule that says you can't earn money by having fun?[/QUOTE]
No, but saying [b]everyone[/b] should have fun doing their job or else they need to change their way is stupid. You can't [b]always[/b] enjoy what you do, sometimes you have other things to care to other than your own enjoyment. Sure, you should aspire to do something that you like, but you shouldn't sacrifice everything in the name of it.
I understand not everyone can do what they want and it's a shame. They can't a good enough education, they don't know the right people, or are they aren't born in the right time. It's unfair and I don't know what we can do about it.
However, when people try to achieve their dreams they're met by others telling them their dreams aren't good enough. I've had plenty of people tell me my major is useless and my career is awful because it will never pay me 'enough.' Sure, it's a lot harder to go into the arts than it is to make it in business, but you worry about you, I'll worry about me.
[QUOTE=FingerSpazem;37957878]I've had the same 'passion' since I was in like third grade and it sure as hell wasn't determined by my environment around me idk what you're talking about not everyone is the same.
[editline]8th October 2012[/editline]
I think you're throwing around the word passion without really knowing what it means. A passion is an incredibly strong thing, it doesn't just change on a whim. If it does then you probably weren't passionate about it in the first place.[/QUOTE]
You think people are just chosen to do one thing at random then? No. If a person is raised in a white room and fed the same food every day; he wouldn't have a passion in the same sense any of us would. Your environment dictates your interests. People are not born for a certain role in life; people don't get interested in things and get lost in the feeling of "pure want and enjoyment" at random. And who says they can't change? Who says that you cant do multiple great things you enjoy and want in a lifetime? Passions can come and go, maybe not on a whim but on a scale of lifestyle.
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