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Taking job you do not love is like saving sex for old age
“There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?”
It's really great quote and I am staring it for 30 mins and it really feels hurt. Hmm come out of your comfort zone and pursue your idea and make a startup is really scary when you yourself not sure about it.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoYou take jobs you don't like because you have to do things like 'eat' and 'sleep under a roof'.
- christopherDam 11y agoTrue. Totally true. BUT is that the only thing we want in our life. (Sorry but feeling not good.)
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoYou might want to read up on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
- _august 11y agoAlternatively, https://levels.io/reset-your-life/ https://levels.io/reset-your-life/
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoTrue. Or at least you sometimes may have to take jobs you don't like for those reasons. But even if you have such a job, you should be looking for better rather than just living with it.
- pavornyoh 11y ago>There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. That is true but it has to be strategically orchestrated though otherwise the consequences can be disastrous.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. Sure, that works, for some people, with certain preferences. Sometimes, though, you do what you want -- the things you love -- and take a job that you merely tolerate so that you can afford to do the things you love. Its silly to think that the things everyone loves must also be, exclusively, jobs.
- greenyoda 11y agoLots of things that people love doing don't pay enough for them to survive on. For example, if you'd really love to be a musician or an actor, you probably need a day job in an unrelated field to put food on the table until you become successful in your chosen field.
- seiji 11y agoheh, until
- J_Darnley 11y agoIt must be wonderful to be so highly educated, so highly skilled, and so highly experienced that you can have any job you want.
- mrits 11y agoWhile being highly educated can be a factor there are plenty of scenarios where it has nothing to do with it. A lot of places make jokes about the PhDs.
- kleer001 11y agoWho said that and in what context?
- christopherDam 11y agoIt's not in some context but it is general quote. www.goodreads.com/quotes/380769-there-comes-a-time-when-you-ought-to-start-doing
- brokenhope 11y agoImo it is about overcomitting in life style, it is about getting used to something you never have. Be hungry at young age, do once for all!
- JSeymourATL 11y ago> come out of your comfort zone and pursue your idea and make a startup is really scary when you yourself not sure about it. I was reminded of the Steve Jobs quote... “A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” Do you know what that (idea or job) thing is for you? http://www.forbes.com/sites/chunkamui/2011/10/17/five-dangerous-lessons-to-learn-from-steve-jobs/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/chunkamui/2011/10/17/five-danger...
- Rainymood 11y ago"From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce." - Thomas Edison