Career, is there such a thing?

[TagMor]

I'm pretty sure most of the employed people on these forums (hint: not Tagmor or T0ne),

Yeh I'm not employed.

Holy crap is that wrong.

If the book you read said that, then it's not a book worth reading. A lot of my clients are Blue Collar workers, and they'd beg to differ. Sounds like the guy is just pulling stuff out of his ass.

Me, and everyone else that invests soundly, works that system.

This figure is based on large investments of course, the kind that require a lot so that these investments replace your income without much waiting, not John Q. Public putting, $500-$10,000 for example, a portion of income or equity for a long term positive return.

I'm not saying what you're doing is wrong in any way and yes there are many ways to invest all amounts of money and get a positive return. These were just examples about different types of "business models". An "I" type investor is what fits the example I used.

[Epinephrine]

what the heck, epi. i could almost respect that opinion. because i couldn't say it better.

:grin:

[Money]

lol stupid fucking capitalist

FUCKING HIPPY

[kthx]

lol stupid fucking capitalist

lol jobless fucking liberal.

[Jedi DC]

some occupations may be useless - by what standards?

if a job was useless, it wouldn't be done. if a service was useless, it wouldn't be purchased.

lol stupid fucking capitalist

[Jerome Scuggs]

what the heck, epi. i could almost respect that opinion. because i couldn't say it better.

[D1st0rt]

Once my kids are in college or out the door doing their own thing, my job will probably be the only thing that can keep my occupied for 8 hours a day.

crossword puzzles

[Epinephrine]

I like not working more than working. I miss those days when I could play 6 hours of Subspace a day

Still I have too many things I want to do in life, and with that I need money. At least I kind of like my job and have a lot of freedom within that job.

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One thing I realize that is important in a career TelCat is to have real pride in what you do. It's a world of difference between doing an adequate job at work, doing a good job because you want someone to give you a promotion, or doing a good job because you take pride in what you do and try hard because YOU want to even if there is no clear gain from that extra effort. I have personally been through all 3 stages and can tell you that the first 2 kind of suck.

People who take pride in whatever it is that they do, no matter what career they have will be vastly more happy then those who do not. If you do not have pride in your occupation, then you should do something else if you ever want to be happy doing that job.

The other way of going about it is of course... to just work purely for the money and find other interests in life that are important, but even those people generally aren't that happy unless they make more than enough money for their myriad of interests.

[Squeezer]

i'd even say alot of you actually have an influence over your work, not vice versa. i'm sure that's not always the case, but who here actually hates their job? or feels enslaved?

sit on your ass for a month. you'll feel useless. you'll want to work. sometimes people like working. sadly, many of them are too busy working to be intellectual.

this is true. I'm pretty sure most of the employed people on these forums (hint: not Tagmor or T0ne), probably have cushy service jobs that at least resemble the kind of things we're passionate about.

If only they would make spaceship fighter pilot a career

[PaulOakenfold]

i'd even say alot of you actually have an influence over your work, not vice versa. i'm sure that's not always the case, but who here actually hates their job? or feels enslaved?

sit on your ass for a month. you'll feel useless. you'll want to work. sometimes people like working. sadly, many of them are too busy working to be intellectual.

If I keep the same career, then I'm not looking forward to retiring. I save my time for two week vacations for the most part, and by the second week, I'm really hating it.

Don't get me wrong, I love investing time in my house and property, but there's only so much you can do without THAT becoming a job in its own. Once my kids are in college or out the door doing their own thing, my job will probably be the only thing that can keep my occupied for 8 hours a day.

[PaulOakenfold]

And I'm not talking about investing money either (For that they say you need $250,000 of which it will not hurt your finances).

Holy crap is that wrong.

If the book you read said that, then it's not a book worth reading. A lot of my clients are Blue Collar workers, and they'd beg to differ. Sounds like the guy is just pulling stuff out of his ass.

Me, and everyone else that invests soundly, works the system.

They should. You have to get schooling, degrees, student loans, jobs etc. to become a successful investor (and I'm not talking about people that get real lucky home investing, which is a very small minority). I got my Finance Bachelors and then my MSF. I worked hard, and now I have a job, and I'm still paying off student loans.

Sure, I could become an investment banker, work on Wall Street, whatever, but making more and more money isn't what's important in life. I'll be a Financial Advisor (or Manager), for whatever corporation keeps me, for the rest of my life because it's what I like to do and it's stable.

Most people live in the world of "I work 40hrs a week for $/hr or $salary" what I was trying to convey is there are other options, especially when you have a system to do the work for you. You regain time since you're not doing the time = $. What it does is the system = $.

Everyone has the same 24 hours a day but not everyone makes the same amount of $ in that time. Careers top out, even the ones you go to 2-7 extra years for. Doctors, lawyers, mechanics etc. And I'm not talking about investing money either (For that they say you need $250,000 of which it will not hurt your finances). I'm talking about investing in a system that OVER TIME makes you your income and THAT type of business (The B type) has infinite possibilities as to how much you can make.
What would you do if a part-time passive residual income EQUAL or more than what you make in a year was at your feet? That's what a system based business can offer.

I'd also check out Paul Zane Pilzer (The Next Millionaires). This guy is a genius, and again don't take my word for it, read him yourself!

[404 Not Found]

I don't know 404, for me, work doesn't define who I am. I can do all of those things, but it doesn't necessarily have to be in the 40-45 hours a week when I make some money.

I didn't realize she was a software engineer. And work does not define me, but I must say that most people can't even push a pencil...they need computers to do what once was done with your own mind and hands.


I work when I need to work....and I love not working for the man/big corp.'s

[Jerome Scuggs]

i'd even say alot of you actually have an influence over your work, not vice versa. i'm sure that's not always the case, but who here actually hates their job? or feels enslaved?

sit on your ass for a month. you'll feel useless. you'll want to work. sometimes people like working. sadly, many of them are too busy working to be intellectual.