Jobs are like girlfriends, but a career is like finding a spouse to marry. In jobs, you will, if you make the effort, inevitably, learn something valuable that will make you grow as a person, in good time and in bad time. If it works out, great, if not, you will still learn from it. And it is always a tango between you and your job. Don’t step on her toe and don’t let her step on yours cause you’d lose that aesthetic beauty….And above all, always cherish the good memories and don’t dwell in the sad.
In a career. A career is like that vision that engrained in you since you are a teenager, like the perfect someone you will marry someday. You stick up for her, stick up for that belief, that principle; you pour your heart out and make all your efforts and more, and you give it all your energy and love and grow old together.
Sentimental feelings? Maybe. But I am listening to Coldplay’s “The Scientist” now and The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I go”…The prior summarized my sentiments about these two strangely similar topics….The later is something heading my way….
Regardless, I am moving. Not Static, not hurried, not rushed. It’s all good and I am so looking forward to the weekend to just eat those Korean BBQ and drink my beer and let things play out by itself…
As my lovely shrink once told me. “Eddie, don’t you ever have expectations, expectations bring disappointments” Let future be surprises and deal with it as I come to the bridge. What positive thoughts.
Hehehe, im gonna have to start charging you for my hourly rates ;). Take care buddy and remember to take things in stride.
ReplyDeleteAnother great analogy. So have you decided if you are getting a new girlfriend?
ReplyDeleteI like the analogy. Deep. You know I've always wondered if guys thought their new girlfriend was better than the last or previous one and I think that for most of them, it's not that one's better per se than the other, just different. Does that make sense? Well, in any case, I think you are in for a new challenge and this is another step in shaping your career. So, when are you treating all of us? Hmmmm???
ReplyDeleteI like the analogy. Deep. You know I've always wondered if guys thought their new girlfriend was better than the last or previous one and I think that for most of them, it's not that one's better per se than the other, just different. Does that make sense? Well, in any case, I think you are in for a new challenge and this is another step in shaping your career. So, when are you treating all of us? Hmmmm???
ReplyDeleteI like the analogy. Deep. You know I've always wondered if guys thought their new girlfriend was better than the last or previous one and I think that for most of them, it's not that one's better per se than the other, just different. Does that make sense? Well, in any case, I think you are in for a new challenge and this is another step in shaping your career. So, when are you treating all of us? Hmmmm???
ReplyDeleteI like the analogy. Deep. You know I've always wondered if guys thought their new girlfriend was better than the last or previous one and I think that for most of them, it's not that one's better per se than the other, just different. Does that make sense? Well, in any case, I think you are in for a new challenge and this is another step in shaping your career. So, when are you treating all of us? Hmmmm???
ReplyDeleteWell. to answer that question, I think it works both ways. Like jobs, every new GF/BF in your life must have something to offer you and vise versa. If not, why would you want to take it right? But what I find, at least in my close circle of friends, we are a loyal bunch. And we are not the type that forsake what we have....unless we are disappointed :)
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