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Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by drdams: 8:25am On Mar 18, 2018
No job. its also a constant that every1 cannot be entrepreneur. its also not about settling for the less but not everyone wants to be on forbes list.

Its our duty to set a live goal for ourself and not benchmark our progress with others. Some people wants self sufficiency, some people want more to go places and enjoy live for the fullest and some just want to be very rich and famous.

the bedrock to achieve these still remains smart work and bravery.

Bravery is quiting your job to start abiz you have passion for and have critically analyzed, bravery is quiting your job for another with more career prospect but lesser paying at that point in time....

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Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by pastorlams(m): 8:27am On Mar 18, 2018
There's jobs, they are just waiting for you to create them

Brilliant!

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Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by Krafty006: 8:31am On Mar 18, 2018
A case of money vs fulfilment.....interested in learning how to make hand made shoes, check my profile
Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by Rick9(m): 8:49am On Mar 18, 2018
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```Why settle for half bread when you can get a full bread or even own a bakery. This is a limiting belief that positions you to settle for less and it is a mediocre philosophy.
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Most people are just too narrow-minded in perspective. They don't know that they can achieve so much, if only they can dare to dream.

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Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by knowyaself2(m): 9:34am On Mar 18, 2018
Some people just derive the highest pleasure from nmaking money, regardless of whether they enjoy the process/job or not. Don't ever forget that @op
Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by Nobody: 9:49am On Mar 18, 2018
drdams:
No job. its also a constant that every1 cannot be entrepreneur. its also not about settling for the less but not everyone wants to be on forbes list.

Its our duty to set a live goal for ourself and not benchmark our progress with others. Some people wants self sufficiency, some people want more to go places and enjoy live for the fullest and some just want to be very rich and famous.

the bedrock to achieve these still remains smart work and bravery.

Bravery is quiting your job to start abiz you have passion for and have critically analyzed, bravery is quiting your job for another with more career prospect but lesser paying at that point in time....
Thank you, it annoys me when so people come up with that "be your own boss ish",so many businesses have folded up because they too wanted to be their own boss. Each to his own
Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by livebullet(m): 10:03am On Mar 18, 2018
manneger2:
He is just copying what an American wrote disgusting, dude in naija there is no jab

Don't mind, the guy... Naija na where person. Dey do adventure with job?.... Mtsheew
Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by Seytex: 10:12am On Mar 18, 2018
Some stay in the job they don't like simply because they believe it will get better. At present, in my place of work, being my first job experience, we are yet to be paid January and February salary. And march is gradually going to end.. And I'm still there all because of the need to gain experience.
Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by xteric: 11:27am On Mar 18, 2018
All ur point are baseless, because there is no alternative job biko
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Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by Toay(m): 12:50pm On Mar 18, 2018
Jyde81:
Different strokes. Don't be ungrateful.
You make #100k as a young businessman each month. You are elated and grateful until you see a younger person who makes #1Million every month as salary. Then you lose your joy.
You are satisfied with your #50k turn over after two months of hustling and aggressive touting until you meet a younger person who receives a salary credit alert of #500k each month.
The result is always ingratitude. We become ungrateful for the little leaps in our lives because we are measuring ourselves by the pace and progress of others.
If you are a new entrepreneur, which means you are not on anybody's payroll, you must be wary of an attitude of ingratitude. You will face this temptation virtually all the time. You'd meet people whose lifestyle and income would intimidate your current status. If care is not taken you may slip into despondency and lose personal momentum.
One thing entrepreneurs and business folks must know is this; they are not equals with salary earners. This is not arrogance. It is the truth.
They should not be comparing themselves with 8-5 employees, even those who earn six zeros after a single or double digit number.
It takes ten times more effort for an entrepreneur to make what most employees make in one month.
Ten times more courage. Ten times more intelligence. Ten times more industry. Ten times more sweat. Ten times more strength and ten times less sleep. Trust me, an employee who makes ten times your monthly turn over is not your equal. You are far more superior.
Money is easy to make. Wealth is not. And the skills you need to make wealth are not acquired in an 8-5 job. It requires ten times more of you. Especially ten times more of your TIME, a commodity you cannot control as an employee.
A good paying job is the lazy way for smart people to make money. Just sit behind a desk, carry out instructions from superiors and get paid end of the month. You will most likely not acquire what I'd call 'Experiential Muscle'. This is the skill to Survive rather than Cope. The oldest skill in the book. A skill most employees would never develop. The old-fashioned Survival Skill.
But when you lose your joy because of others who earn fatter salaries you become ungrateful for your baby steps and consequently lose sight of your momentum. Suddenly your #100k profit seems like nothing. This attitude is dangerous.
If you are an entrepreneur you must always and consistently focus on your last turn over and seek to surpass it. Always push yourself beyond the boundaries of your last profit. This is how you stay positive and gain healthy momentum. It is not by looking at other people's lifestyles and salaries. They would demotivate you.
Always remember that the path you've chosen is the one less travelled. So different rules are at play and more is required of you.
If you check the first 100 Richest People on Earth, NONE OF THEM is an employee. All of them are entrepreneurs.

Thanks bro. I absolutely agree with you
Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by Jaytecq(m): 3:04pm On Mar 18, 2018
Jyde81:
Different strokes. Don't be ungrateful.
You make #100k as a young businessman each month. You are elated and grateful until you see a younger person who makes #1Million every month as salary. Then you lose your joy.
You are satisfied with your #50k turn over after two months of hustling and aggressive touting until you meet a younger person who receives a salary credit alert of #500k each month.
The result is always ingratitude. We become ungrateful for the little leaps in our lives because we are measuring ourselves by the pace and progress of others.
If you are a new entrepreneur, which means you are not on anybody's payroll, you must be wary of an attitude of ingratitude. You will face this temptation virtually all the time. You'd meet people whose lifestyle and income would intimidate your current status. If care is not taken you may slip into despondency and lose personal momentum.
One thing entrepreneurs and business folks must know is this; they are not equals with salary earners. This is not arrogance. It is the truth.
They should not be comparing themselves with 8-5 employees, even those who earn six zeros after a single or double digit number.
It takes ten times more effort for an entrepreneur to make what most employees make in one month.
Ten times more courage. Ten times more intelligence. Ten times more industry. Ten times more sweat. Ten times more strength and ten times less sleep. Trust me, an employee who makes ten times your monthly turn over is not your equal. You are far more superior.
Money is easy to make. Wealth is not. And the skills you need to make wealth are not acquired in an 8-5 job. It requires ten times more of you. Especially ten times more of your TIME, a commodity you cannot control as an employee.
A good paying job is the lazy way for smart people to make money. Just sit behind a desk, carry out instructions from superiors and get paid end of the month. You will most likely not acquire what I'd call 'Experiential Muscle'. This is the skill to Survive rather than Cope. The oldest skill in the book. A skill most employees would never develop. The old-fashioned Survival Skill.
But when you lose your joy because of others who earn fatter salaries you become ungrateful for your baby steps and consequently lose sight of your momentum. Suddenly your #100k profit seems like nothing. This attitude is dangerous.
If you are an entrepreneur you must always and consistently focus on your last turn over and seek to surpass it. Always push yourself beyond the boundaries of your last profit. This is how you stay positive and gain healthy momentum. It is not by looking at other people's lifestyles and salaries. They would demotivate you.
Always remember that the path you've chosen is the one less travelled. So different rules are at play and more is required of you.
If you check the first 100 Richest People on Earth, NONE OF THEM is an employee. All of them are entrepreneurs.

Am gonna print this out. so so informative
Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by pressplay411(m): 4:20pm On Mar 18, 2018
IbnIbrahim:
1. Because risk terrifies them.

It’s a risk to go somewhere else — “What if it’s even worse?” It’s a risk to try something new. It’s a risk to leave wherever you are and go somewhere else.

2. Because learning something new is hard.
It’s so sad and yet so true.
Most people don’t leave their jobs simply because the thought of having to learn a new process, a new skill set, a new anything is terrifying and exhausting to them.
What a sad way to live.

3[b]. Because they love “the golden handcuffs.”[/b]

One of the greatest double-edged swords of high paying corporate America is what’s called “living with golden handcuffs.”
Your salary is so good, your benefits are so good, your retirement plan is so good, everything is so good that you’re willing to sit in a cubicle hating your life for 8 hours a day simply because, on paper, you’re “living the life.”

4. Because they secretly love to complain.

Another sad truth, but some people love to be miserable.
They find enjoyment in showing up to work and uttering the phrase, “I hate Mondays.” They have learned to love their misery — and as much as they talk about leaving, they never will.


5. Because it would disappoint their parents
.

Some of the most talented people end up working jobs they despise simply because they don’t want to disappoint their parents. Or their family. Or their friends. Or anyone else.
So who are you living for, then? Them?

6. Because they’ve overextended themselves.

It’s amazing how much people prioritize having “things” before they have established the lifestyle they want.
They get a job they don’t love, but pays pretty well, and before they know it they’ve got an expensive car payment, high rent, and an expensive lifestyle from which they can’t escape. They want to do something else, but by now they’ve accumulated too much overhead.
And a shift in lifestyle is unthinkable to them.

7. Because they like their “title.”

These people stay with their undesirable job simply because of the title they have.
They would rather be the Vice President of Boring than be seen as someone who is “trying to make their dreams happen.” Because that road is harder, and isn’t about titles at all — and for a lot of people, that’s too much for their ego to bear.

8. Because they have responsibilities now.

They have a wife, three kids, a mortgage, college funds to save for, etc.
By now in their career, they can’t make the move to something else. They’ve crossed the threshold and have decided, “You know what, this is where I am, and that’s that.”
They’re comfortable, and so they stay.

9. Because they fear being wrong.
Or worse, they fear rejection

They care a lot about what people think of them, and the thought of trying to do something unconventional or different they enjoy, and failing, is what keeps them from ever trying in the first place.



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Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by Coldfeets: 6:49pm On Mar 18, 2018
Seytex:
Some stay in the job they don't like simply because they believe it will get better. At present, in my place of work, being my first job experience, we are yet to be paid January and February salary. And march is gradually going to end.. And I'm still there all because of the need to gain experience.

Just take a look at your ignominious mentality.

In fact, you have just summed up one of the major reasons why people choose to stay in jobs they don't like.

Some people are simply better off slaves.

There are no two ways about that.
Re: 9 Sad Reasons People Stay In Jobs They Don’t Like by chiboy099(m): 4:36pm On Mar 20, 2018
IbnIbrahim:


Abi

Half a loaf is better than none.
DAT is just d truth...... To get anoda job is really hard....no joke.
I'm currently in dis type of job.

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