I was reading Ramit Sethi’s post about his first book - Recruit or Die: How Any Business Can Beat the Big Guys in the War for Young Talent, and found some interesting insights. I have been blaming today’s young graduates for running after money and material things. I found some reasons why they do this.
- They feel guilty. They feel guilty that their parents invested a lot of money on their education. And to make up for that, they need to make money fast.
- They measure their worth by comparing how much they earn with their peers - especially classmates.
- They want prestigious corporate careers and quickly move through jobs to reach there.
All this makes me wonder, just when will we start living our own lives???
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I’ve decided that I’d rather earn less but have more free time. I can earn lots of money, but that would involve me staying late working, being more stressed out etc.
..I am the exact opposite…The only real reason to work is for money… Would you still do your job if it was unpaid?
Also, people offer respect to money, and respect is a most desirable quantity. Think about who makes the headlines, and why.
I have a life outside of work. I work to earn money. I am perfectly willing to work long hours, but I demand my playtime too.
I like my work, but now work is no longer life.
People don’t respect money, they fear!! Do you respect Billy Gates or your local corrupted politicians?
People don’t respect money ??? People can’t live without money. One can always think for his/her career and now a days career is directly proportional to money. other professional/personal/technical things you can learn by your self, if you have willingness to learn.
it’s more of fulfilling their “wants” than their “needs”.
it’s the “brand identity” that they want to create for themselves rather a status symbol..flaunting more earns them more respect and status symbol.. they’ll learn someday that life is not that.. they’ll learn the hard way..
to you..
you write well..
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