Allow me a more serious thread, gents.
There's a thread on here by Lucky where he summarizes and reviews a book by Susan Cain called "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking."
One of the pieces of advice in the book that has nothing to do with introversion and has been very helpful in deciding a career path was to ask yourself who you envy.
This was illuminating because I didn't envy anyone in my previous line of work. Travesty444 remarked that that helped him on his game path even before finding the RVF. I asked him what he envied exactly, and he shared a great response.
So I'd like to extend this question to the forum. Yes I envy Leo DiCaprio because he walks out of a club with 100 bitches. But realistically, I envy a few normal people too. When I really thought about it, the patterns I saw were unexpected.
1. I envy my dentist. Not necessarily for the job he does, but his demeanor while performing it. He talks smack with his patients and generally just has fun on the job. It doesn't matter if he's cleaning teeth, the dude is just happy looking at mouths all day and telling me about his trips to Dubai with his wife. Although #TagYourSponsor has me seeing those stories in a different light...
2. I envy only one of my indirect mentors. She's a pretty unique person and has been able to force her own worldview to create a job of her own, so to speak. Very determined yet enviable work-life balance, and sees humor where a lot of people in her field don't.
3. I envy one of my best buddies, because his conversational ability is, without exaggeration, world class. He makes people feel at ease.
4. I envy a professor I would play pickup 5-on-5 basketball every Tuesday and Thursday for a while. This guy is studying interesting shit, went to a no-name undergrad and a no-name grad school, then paid his dues at top notch places after and eventually landed got recruited to a world-class university as a tenured professor. Yet, he manipulates his schedule such that meetings are on off days so he can hang out with the guys and play pickup midday Tuesdays and Thursdays. This guy gets it.
5. I envy my dad. He made some mistakes and got a bitch pregnant when he was 18. From then on his life changed and made it a priority to make bank for his kids, which ended up being 5 in all. Somehow, he was able to find a well-paying 9-to-5 and was able to take my thoroughly athletically average-ass to basketball practices when I was growing up, giving me a leg up, physically, on the majority of people I know.
The pattern that most jumps out at me is that I envy personality traits more than job hookups overall. I envy balance. It almost doesn't matter what the hell a person does as long as their outlook and disposition are fun.
Who do you envy?
There's a thread on here by Lucky where he summarizes and reviews a book by Susan Cain called "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking."
One of the pieces of advice in the book that has nothing to do with introversion and has been very helpful in deciding a career path was to ask yourself who you envy.
Quote:Susan Cain Wrote:
Pay attention to what you envy. Jealousy tells the truth. Who do you envy? That will tell you something about what you want to do.
This was illuminating because I didn't envy anyone in my previous line of work. Travesty444 remarked that that helped him on his game path even before finding the RVF. I asked him what he envied exactly, and he shared a great response.
So I'd like to extend this question to the forum. Yes I envy Leo DiCaprio because he walks out of a club with 100 bitches. But realistically, I envy a few normal people too. When I really thought about it, the patterns I saw were unexpected.
1. I envy my dentist. Not necessarily for the job he does, but his demeanor while performing it. He talks smack with his patients and generally just has fun on the job. It doesn't matter if he's cleaning teeth, the dude is just happy looking at mouths all day and telling me about his trips to Dubai with his wife. Although #TagYourSponsor has me seeing those stories in a different light...
2. I envy only one of my indirect mentors. She's a pretty unique person and has been able to force her own worldview to create a job of her own, so to speak. Very determined yet enviable work-life balance, and sees humor where a lot of people in her field don't.
3. I envy one of my best buddies, because his conversational ability is, without exaggeration, world class. He makes people feel at ease.
4. I envy a professor I would play pickup 5-on-5 basketball every Tuesday and Thursday for a while. This guy is studying interesting shit, went to a no-name undergrad and a no-name grad school, then paid his dues at top notch places after and eventually landed got recruited to a world-class university as a tenured professor. Yet, he manipulates his schedule such that meetings are on off days so he can hang out with the guys and play pickup midday Tuesdays and Thursdays. This guy gets it.
5. I envy my dad. He made some mistakes and got a bitch pregnant when he was 18. From then on his life changed and made it a priority to make bank for his kids, which ended up being 5 in all. Somehow, he was able to find a well-paying 9-to-5 and was able to take my thoroughly athletically average-ass to basketball practices when I was growing up, giving me a leg up, physically, on the majority of people I know.
The pattern that most jumps out at me is that I envy personality traits more than job hookups overall. I envy balance. It almost doesn't matter what the hell a person does as long as their outlook and disposition are fun.
Who do you envy?
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