Have you achieved wat you want in your career?
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In terms of salary, job satisfaction, etc....
I'm in my mid-twenties, but I still feel like I have not achieved wat i want...especially when you compared with some friends, i know diff people will have diff expectations abt wat they want.
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far cry from it...
But in singapore, when is it ever enough? -
I just want to be happy... even with an average pay package... I can go to work smiling instead if sian-ing
Achieved~! -
I got what I have without even planning for it.
I became senior with time and eventually got recognised.
Strange that ppl gave me thr recognition...nv fought for it. I did what i liked..and they liked it when I did it best.
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my job.. sucks. no recognition, low pay and easily fired.
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I'm glad i took the path of entreprenuership, and working my socks off.. Worked harder than most of my peers and its starting to reap rewards.
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Nope.Originally posted by *genie*:In terms of salary, job satisfaction, etc....
I'm in my mid-twenties, but I still feel like I have not achieved wat i want...especially when you compared with some friends, i know diff people will have diff expectations abt wat they want.
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Nope, to begin with, the job I m working now is not even what I wanted to do in the first place but I have managed to stay on the job for approximately six years. The salary is peanuts compared to people (in the same job as me) in other companies. Job satisfaction is something I haven't felt a long time ever since two years ago.Originally posted by *genie*:In terms of salary, job satisfaction, etc....
I'm in my mid-twenties, but I still feel like I have not achieved wat i want...especially when you compared with some friends, i know diff people will have diff expectations abt wat they want.
Have you achieved wat you want?
Looking back, if I was in the job that I wanted to do six years ago, I would probably have undergone pay cuts, retrenchments scares, unearthly hour wake-up calls to attend to customer requests, etc, during the years the economy wasn't doing that well.
Why compare with your friends, the more you compared, the more inferior you will feel. Since you are in your mid-twenties, you had plenty of time to achieve what you want in your career. Just list down the goals, determine which are long-term ones, which are short-term ones and make the effort to go for it. -
NopeOriginally posted by *genie*:In terms of salary, job satisfaction, etc....
I'm in my mid-twenties, but I still feel like I have not achieved wat i want...especially when you compared with some friends, i know diff people will have diff expectations abt wat they want.
Have you achieved wat you want?
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You're just so lucky! How many people can be like you...sometimes, I feel luck plays a major role in a career....Originally posted by Troy437:I got what I have without even planning for it.
I became senior with time and eventually got recognised.
Strange that ppl gave me thr recognition...nv fought for it. I did what i liked..and they liked it when I did it best. -
u work as what de...Originally posted by Ito_^:my job.. sucks. no recognition, low pay and easily fired.
heng not fulltime.
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hmm i am still a student waiting for my o level result. from what i had learned in working society, the condition is really bad, competition from other people working in the same company. is it even easy to survive and even hope for promotion?
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Totally agree. And as for the question have I achieved what I want in my career, definitely not, I'm an under achiever. But tell you what, be positive and don't be so hard on yourself. I know of very smart people and they can't take achieving less than what they should and they commit suicide, how smart is that to place an unnecessary burden on yourself that eventually lead to illness and in their case, death?Originally posted by starExcaliblur:Why compare with your friends, the more you compared, the more inferior you will feel. Since you are in your mid-twenties, you had plenty of time to achieve what you want in your career. Just list down the goals, determine which are long-term ones, which are short-term ones and make the effort to go for it. -
So far, am enjoyin my part time job as wait staff. Not really looking for a career. Just looking for a good future
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For someone who is about to complete NS, and entering University later this year, I can confidently say that I am on my way to achieving what I want as a career.
Through chance, I started a company with a couple of my friends importing sports equipment from China and then selling it to sports clubs in Singapore and Australia. Then, I chanced upon Robert Kiyosaki's works and realised that owning a business is the best way to become rich, and allow me flexible time to do things I've always wanted to do.
Thankfully, I have a mentor who owned a multi-million dollar business before and he has selflessly shared his experiences in the business world with me. Now, I am a proud shareholder of a company, helping 2 friends with 1 new business, and starting another business through which I am confident will bring me a fortune and leverage and allow me to live a life different from my peers.
I have never been officially employed, and I do not think I will be looking forward to be employed, now that I have seen what's on the other side of the fence... -
Hmm. Perhaps it's time I regulate myself?
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Ren bi ren, qi shi ren -
Well, what do you mean by regulate yourself? Re-look at what you have been doing for the past years?
For me, I think it is very important to have a goal in life. If you are looking at an income level of $X in 10 years time, plan backwards and ask yourself what do you have to do to achieve that. If your current job/business cannot enable you to do that, is it still worth the toil doing all these, knowing that you may never who you want to become in 10 years' time?
I feel that the younger one starts to strive for freedom instead of security, the easier it'll be, because there are less burdens - mortgages, cars, families... just like I am free of all these because I am 21 and if anything wrong happens to the businesses, I will still have a family to rely on.
Well, just thinking aloud here...[/quote] -
Nay... In life it's often not that tight a $ issue I'm after... No doubt the more the merrierOriginally posted by bodobin:Well, what do you mean by regulate yourself? Re-look at what you have been doing for the past years?
For me, I think it is very important to have a goal in life. If you are looking at an income level of $X in 10 years time, plan backwards and ask yourself what do you have to do to achieve that. If your current job/business cannot enable you to do that, is it still worth the toil doing all these, knowing that you may never who you want to become in 10 years' time?
I feel that the younger one starts to strive for freedom instead of security, the easier it'll be, because there are less burdens - mortgages, cars, families... just like I am free of all these because I am 21 and if anything wrong happens to the businesses, I will still have a family to rely on.
Well, just thinking aloud here...[/quote]
, but I just need to find myself within a comfortable spending power... But one thing I'll have to admit, I'm no good in my $ management. In fact, I'm doing BADLY at it....
I wanna regulate myself to review what I want in life and what are the current steps and methods which would help me get to that 'final destination'.... Having achieved that 'target' at a reasonably old age, I shall just retired and continue to contribute in the ways I would love to, not forgetting to appreciate and enjoy life at the same time... I must say my current life is quite a 'happy' one, though not quite moving along any particular direction yet....
And... Mmm... I don't think my objective in life would be to be able to earn how much how much by certain age... Nope. Don't think so. -
nope... not yet.
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Originally posted by *genie*:In terms of salary, job satisfaction, etc....
I'm in my mid-twenties, but I still feel like I have not achieved wat i want...especially when you compared with some friends, i know diff people will have diff expectations abt wat they want.
Have you achieved wat you want?
If you want to compare, maybe you should strive towards your friends' dreams.
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Sorry new to the forum, don't really know how to quote people.
Since everyone has different directions in life? Perhaps it's good to list a couple of them down? Then maybe we can encourage one another to go in a positive direction.. =)