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I feel like I'm stuck at my work after 6 years working there. It was beginning like startup, and then we got bought after 2 years for "nothing", but I got good

by thorn 17y ago

I feel like I'm stuck at my work after 6 years working there. It was beginning like startup, and then we got bought after 2 years for "nothing", but I got good salary. So I'm kind of addicted to this work b/c of salary mostly. The bad thing that no progress is made for last 2 years and job became completely soul sucking. I cannot find power in myself to break those chains. How do you trick yourself to get rid of money-addictive soul sucking job?

jacquesm 17y ago
Well, as I said, it isn't for everybody. But here is my take on it: I'd rather be poor and happy than secure any day, and I live my life accordingly. I take risks, sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, on balance it seems to come out roughly even. Case in point, a bunch of people in Canada wanted to start their own business, a local gas station was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, I put together a package to be able to buy it, invested a whole bunch of money and turned it over to them. It failed spectacularly, which is a real pity. But the flip side of that is that I met some guy in a waiting room somewhere, invested some money in to his business, strong armed some other investors into ponying up and he's well into 6 figure territory now and will probably strike it big. Security is illusionary, who would you rather be dependent on, your boss or your own wits ? How about all those people that got laid off in the last year, how secure were they before ? Right now I'm (almost) 45 and I am not scared of doing this, I trust in my own ability to survive and make myself useful to others, directly or indirectly and I expect to pluck the rewards from that. The satisfaction from doing this under my own power is so much larger than what a paycheck could get me. Any size paycheck. There is no net though, maybe one day I'll mess up once too many and land on my butt. But even that doesn't scare me, maybe it should :)
- jyothi 17y ago
  Every sentence above is a gem - a statement to live life by. Respect. Fortunately I have been lucky to have ppl back me up too when I turned life upside down. I am much younger but would probably lead a life just like you.
- oz 17y ago
  Security is illusionary, who would you rather be dependent on, your boss or your own wits ? I don't think you know just how right you are...I'm planning to quit my job at the end of the month do some 'hustling.' I trust my ability to innovate WAY more than my boss' ability to make money. I've always had an entrepreneurial spirit. I actually got up at 4 this morning to plan how I am gonna make some money over the Christmas. Sure they can fail, but they can also succeed. It's 50-50 People always say "Well, it could be worse." I say it could be better. Carpe Diem!
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    Hey Oz, good luck with that let me know when you're ready to launch.

by thorn 17y ago

jacquesm 17y ago

Well, as I said, it isn't for everybody. But here is my take on it: I'd rather be poor and happy than secure any day, and I live my life accordingly. I take risks, sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, on balance it seems to come out roughly even. Case in point, a bunch of people in Canada wanted to start their own business, a local gas station was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, I put together a package to be able to buy it, invested a whole bunch of money and turned it over to them. It failed spectacularly, which is a real pity. But the flip side of that is that I met some guy in a waiting room somewhere, invested some money in to his business, strong armed some other investors into ponying up and he's well into 6 figure territory now and will probably strike it big. Security is illusionary, who would you rather be dependent on, your boss or your own wits ? How about all those people that got laid off in the last year, how secure were they before ? Right now I'm (almost) 45 and I am not scared of doing this, I trust in my own ability to survive and make myself useful to others, directly or indirectly and I expect to pluck the rewards from that. The satisfaction from doing this under my own power is so much larger than what a paycheck could get me. Any size paycheck. There is no net though, maybe one day I'll mess up once too many and land on my butt. But even that doesn't scare me, maybe it should :)

jyothi 17y ago
Every sentence above is a gem - a statement to live life by. Respect. Fortunately I have been lucky to have ppl back me up too when I turned life upside down. I am much younger but would probably lead a life just like you.
oz 17y ago
Security is illusionary, who would you rather be dependent on, your boss or your own wits ? I don't think you know just how right you are...I'm planning to quit my job at the end of the month do some 'hustling.' I trust my ability to innovate WAY more than my boss' ability to make money. I've always had an entrepreneurial spirit. I actually got up at 4 this morning to plan how I am gonna make some money over the Christmas. Sure they can fail, but they can also succeed. It's 50-50 People always say "Well, it could be worse." I say it could be better. Carpe Diem!
- jacquesm 17y ago
  Hey Oz, good luck with that let me know when you're ready to launch.