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originally posted by: amazing
And I earned it. I worked hard, I visualized, I said affirmations, I meditated, I planned, I created vision boards, I read positive books, I surrounded myself with positive people and kicked the negative people out of my life, I have been grateful for what I have now, but yet that doesn't mean I can't experience something else if I choose to. And I got my reps in. I worked hard and spend hours planning my businesses and researching things and working hard on all of my jobs and reading business books even when I just want to watch the Kardashians on TV! LOL
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: amazing
And I earned it. I worked hard, I visualized, I said affirmations, I meditated, I planned, I created vision boards, I read positive books, I surrounded myself with positive people and kicked the negative people out of my life, I have been grateful for what I have now, but yet that doesn't mean I can't experience something else if I choose to. And I got my reps in. I worked hard and spend hours planning my businesses and researching things and working hard on all of my jobs and reading business books even when I just want to watch the Kardashians on TV! LOL
Did you though? I guarantee I can point out people who worked harder than you and got less of a reward from it.
originally posted by: amazing
They didn't work the right way. It's that simple. They didn't do the correct things. Working hard is one part of the equation. It's complicated but you have to like/love what you do. You have to find your talent. You have to live outside of your comfort zone. You have to work 8-10 hours and then in your off time write business plans and research business and read business/self improvement/leadership/sales and management books. You have to create vision boards with your goals. YOu have to be willing to move and relocate and switch careers and save up some money for courses and classes. I bet those people you know didn't do any of that.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: amazing
They didn't work the right way. It's that simple. They didn't do the correct things. Working hard is one part of the equation. It's complicated but you have to like/love what you do. You have to find your talent. You have to live outside of your comfort zone. You have to work 8-10 hours and then in your off time write business plans and research business and read business/self improvement/leadership/sales and management books. You have to create vision boards with your goals. YOu have to be willing to move and relocate and switch careers and save up some money for courses and classes. I bet those people you know didn't do any of that.
I'm going to use a friend of mine as an example, he went to art school with me. Unlike me however, he's actually a talented artist. He completed school, and put in the time. While I went on the other schooling he went to get a job. Constantly putting out portfolio pieces, doing work for people, and so on. Eventually though, he wound up at part time minimum wage for the school he attended (he's actually not even a legal employee, because he's paid through a government grant for a student position) in a position where his skills are atrophying.
I could take myself too. Everything you mentioned I have done. I put in ~11 hours a day for schooling (including on weekends), and another 4 hours per day on personal projects. I have read a bunch of authors on success. I'm willing to move, etc... While there's a chance I'll be fine, because I've gotten some interesting internship offers, I'm still acutely aware that I haven't yet completed even the bare minimum job qualifications for the entry level positions regarding stuff I want to do and that even when I do going by employment rates I face what's statistically a ~70% chance of not being employed in my field and a ~30% chance of not being employed at all.
But, after all of that... lets say I find myself in the type of position I want to be in. Would it really be right to say I earned that success? I'm by far one of the worst people skill wise in my field. A business should flat out pick me dead last out of a pool of qualified candidates, and if they don't... they screwed up. If I succeed and one of my classmates doesn't, doesn't that imply that the world isn't a meritocracy? If it's not a meritocracy, then how can I correlate work and ability with success? Instead it looks to me like random chance, and random chance isn't earned.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: nightbringr
Did you really tell your kids the big Santa lie?
How civil to lie to little kids. Teach them about a fairy fat man at thenorthpole that flies around in a sleigh with flying reindeer to give stuff to everyone, one day a year.
The biggest shock to little kids is the day they find out mom and dad been lying all that crap to them. Our first lesson in dishonesty and materialism. Our first big joke on kids.
Hail the god of consumption.
originally posted by: amazing
Couple things your first example....he hasn't put his reps in yet.
For you...It's not just talent and hard work that gets you the job. You may not be the best artist, but I gaurantee you that you have skills that others don't have, maybe it's people like working with you or you do your work in a way the aligns with what your boss likes. It's little things like that that make all the difference.
originally posted by: 8675309jenny
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: nightbringr
Did you really tell your kids the big Santa lie?
How civil to lie to little kids. Teach them about a fairy fat man at thenorthpole that flies around in a sleigh with flying reindeer to give stuff to everyone, one day a year.
The biggest shock to little kids is the day they find out mom and dad been lying all that crap to them. Our first lesson in dishonesty and materialism. Our first big joke on kids.
Hail the god of consumption.
LOL, you're a really really sad insufferable person.
Does ATS have a block user option ?
originally posted by: nightbringr
I feel horrible for any child who's parents feel they need to bring them up in a cold, dark world.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: nightbringr
I feel horrible for any child who's parents feel they need to bring them up in a cold, dark world.
Why? Is it somehow more kind to lie to them about the world, rather than to teach them about it?
originally posted by: nightbringr
You tell you kids Santa is a lie, death and destruction is the the way things are, and to live in fear.
I'll let them decide how to feel when they grow up and decide for themselves. You raise your children with fear if you like, i prefer love.
originally posted by: amazing
So that's just it. Does he have a linked in profile? Is he on Fivver? Does he have his own website where he sells his own graphic designs? Does he belong to any professional online forums? Why has he stayed on the same job for 4 years without promotion?
He should have moved on...he should be putting out 20 resumes a day to every company on earth until he gets a better job...
And more importantly...what is his definition of success? Is it more money? Is it a new car, motorcycle, different city, country, living by the ocean, starting anon profit, getting married, starting his own business? Has he defined that? Is it the promotion? Can he do his bosses job? No, then he's not studying hard enough and doesn't deserve the promotion.
Your parents didn't do it to be mean to you, they did it because they care about you and wanted you to enjoy Christmas like other children. My god man, you must be one of the single most sensitive and fragile people alive.
originally posted by: 8675309jenny
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: nightbringr
Did you really tell your kids the big Santa lie?
How civil to lie to little kids. Teach them about a fairy fat man at thenorthpole that flies around in a sleigh with flying reindeer to give stuff to everyone, one day a year.
The biggest shock to little kids is the day they find out mom and dad been lying all that crap to them. Our first lesson in dishonesty and materialism. Our first big joke on kids.
Hail the god of consumption.
LOL, you're a really really sad insufferable person.
Does ATS have a block user option ?
Mine taught me Christmas was for loving family and friends, giving to those we care about and cherishing the human spirit.
On the one hand, having parents like mine who said that there not just wasn't a Santa, but that I'm delusional for thinking there's any being (especially magical) looking out for me removes some of the wonder from the world
I used to get into arguments with family during Christmas, they would give me gifts and I wouldn't reciprocate, so they felt I was telling them to f off. I said my presence was enough of a gift.
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: 8675309jenny
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: nightbringr
Did you really tell your kids the big Santa lie?
How civil to lie to little kids. Teach them about a fairy fat man at thenorthpole that flies around in a sleigh with flying reindeer to give stuff to everyone, one day a year.
The biggest shock to little kids is the day they find out mom and dad been lying all that crap to them. Our first lesson in dishonesty and materialism. Our first big joke on kids.
Hail the god of consumption.
LOL, you're a really really sad insufferable person.
Does ATS have a block user option ?
What are you even doing here? This is a conspiracy site. One of the biggest conspiracies to little kids is holiday BS about santa and the easter bunny. Two commercial holidays that have nothing to do with what they are supposed to be about.
Weight of opinion is in your corner, because everyone does it. They also go to zoos, circuses and Disneyland, watch TV, go to church, and get de-educated in school. Good primers for later in life when the news comes on and Uncle Sam says, I need you to go kill people in foreign lands. Endless wars and endless debt, do you have kids?
The funny thing is I mostly agree with you on every point.