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Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by JohnnA1: 1:26pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Shokoloko:You've said it all. 1 Like |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by hustla(m): 1:41pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Sapa will teach you one or two things 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by showlove911(m): 2:02pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Toiling away at a job you hate will not only leave you stressed out and dissatisfied with life, it could affect your chances at getting rich because you don't appreciate the outcome. The wealthiest, most successful people pursue their passions, you should consider doing the same thing in your working days in life. Do what you have passion for, work is fun. Passion defeats education, intelligence, skills, and any other advantage those who lack passion might have in life. Passion gives you the energy, persistence, and focus needed to overcome failures, mistakes, and rejection. It infuses you with a fanatical tenacity that makes it possible to overcome obstacles and pitfalls that block your path. Spending more than you make is the fastest and surest road to financial breakdown. You can't be earning a salary of 50 thousand naira and be driving a car that requires maintenance of 15 thousand naira monthly, it leaves you with 35 thousand naira salary. You have groceries and rent to pay the same month with other little things to do with money. What happened to saving ? What of pursuing opportunities that present themselves. Spending more than you earn and putting saving on your back creates long-term poverty. Mostly importantly, continue to push! Life must be lived and curiosity must be kept alive. Never ever turn your back on life!! 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by MN07: 2:09pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Maynman: Trying sleeping under the bridge and come back to correct yourself. 1 Like |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by Maynman: 2:12pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
MN07:Try getting all the money and not being able to sleep and come back to correct yourself. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by StOla: 2:14pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
You think many people working in the Oil industry actually love the oilfield work? It is done for the paycheck. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by Maynman: 2:15pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
StOla: They are not living. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by MN07: 2:17pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Maynman: Well it's comfortable when there is a bed, a duvet and AC. Now you go. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by Maynman: 2:19pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
MN07:I'm sleeping, you are not even with your comfortable bed, duvet and AC. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by MN07: 2:21pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Maynman: I think your problem is comprehension. You are confused so I'm going to stop here. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by Maynman: 2:25pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
MN07:you are the one that lacks basic comprehension. Nothing will give you happiness more than doing what you love, Paying rents won't. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by ToladolVentures(m): 2:36pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Hunger dey! |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by phemmyfour: 2:37pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
BunbleBee:It's worth it, in the long run your experience will be greatly rewarded and your motivation won't drop |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by obaidan: 2:48pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Your worries are valid and I think your heart is pushing you in the right direction. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by BunbleBee: 3:13pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
sonofthunder:Thank you very much.. My colleagues are great. The issue is the work itself. I do not want a career that limits me to one industry (especially when there are only two major players alot of the professionals here aim to work at). I do not plan to resign, I'm just concerned if it wise to take a lower pay (in the event I secure one) to actually do what I love especially when it offers diverse career paths. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by BunbleBee: 3:17pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
wunmi590:The thing is, I need solid experience in this field I love, in a matter of 2-3 years, I won't be the same. It is a promising career that has worked (and working) for many seniors before me. I'm thinking about the long term. I also think the current bills are not as plenty as they would be in 3-5 years from now. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by BunbleBee: 3:21pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
showlove911:Thank you for this... I appreciate. I do not plan to resign until I secure an offer elsewhere..I would try to push internally one more time because, i would have loved it here. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by BunbleBee: 3:22pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
phemmyfour:Thank you. You are valid! |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by Nice2023(m): 3:28pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
BunbleBee: See man,whether u enjoy the team or not,the koko be say,if they salary is OK,enjoy it. Is like u dont have responsibilities as in, no wife yet,no school fees yet? No one is looking for a job to enjoy,I have a federal job that I hate but weting man go do. Accept the pay as it comes despites the fact that I hate it and hate the division I found myself but responsibility alone would not let me resign yet. Think about this. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by Sulele04(m): 3:32pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
tosinhtml:Hello boss, I am a 200 lvl csc student student honestly I am at a crossroad, I want to start freelancing & earning tech money on freelance platforms like Upwork/Fiverr to help studies but I don't know what part is lucrative & easy for me to get in. Also for career I also don't know what part of tech to focus on, we are currently being taught Java this semester & I am also side learning javascript, but I am just doing all this with no particular end goal. Can you please advice me cause I have no information. 🤲 |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by sonofthunder: 3:50pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
BunbleBee: Depends, if the lower pay is still sufficient to take care of your family and there's a clear opportunity for growth then you can consider it, else, start being passionate about that job oh..... Street is not funny. Depends what industry you are in, you can work a few more years while using your spare bucks to set up your private firm in your area of passion. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by wunmi590(m): 4:08pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
BunbleBee: Then if you feel getting the needed experience to shot you up to the better paying job, I feel you should just remain there, and endure till you finally garner the experience and move... Wish you success |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by laivwire(m): 4:26pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
BunbleBee:I won't bore you with long talk but what I'd say is from experience. You will hardly find a job role that you're happy doing. You will eventually get tired of the monotony, office politics and even your wages after a while. Why? It's simply because companies do not give 2 cents about you or your passions no matter how much they talk about their social values and how they value their employees. Companies only want employees that improve their profit figures. You can't get it in business as well because your client is your boss and you'd do what they want or you'd run out of business. You can only follow passion when you have so much you don't need to rely on anyone ever again. And how do you do that? Make as much money as you can right from yesterday. The earlier you hit your monetary value where you can't go broke again, the better for you. Everyone has their idea of this sum but for me it's a million USD. If you earn 10% of $1.2m every year by stuffing your money in a hedge fund or something, you can live comfortably anywhere in the world on a salary of $10,000 per month doing absolutely nothing but following your passion. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by BunbleBee: 5:04pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
laivwire:Hmmm..wise words. Thank you |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by trevorhorace(m): 5:24pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Maynman: I think you're well fed. So you can't relate. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by Maynman: 5:31pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
trevorhorace:You can be well fed and still do what you love. How much food does a body need? Imagine doing what you don't love in other to go on living, that's going on doing what you don't love. Tomorrow is not certain, only this moment exist. Some people has never live. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by trevorhorace(m): 5:33pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Maynman: |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by Maynman: 5:34pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
trevorhorace:While alive, live |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by Kelechi009: 6:04pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
At the end of the day, you would stay in that job & make money. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by kkins25(m): 6:18pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Bro, never do such a thing. Unless you have a lot of savings... lIke a lot. |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by BunbleBee: 6:26pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
kkins25:Not planning to resign. And when I said lesser pay, I meant a pay still good enough for me to survive..no Nysc or IT student kinda pay...Thank you anyway |
Re: Passion Over Paycheck: Is It Worth Taking A Lower-paying Job To Do What I Love by trevorhorace(m): 6:52pm On Oct 19, 2023 |
Maynman: My brada . Passion is a mirage. And it changes over time. Passion is too fickle to base your whole life on. You may not fulfill your passion most of the time because a lot is involved more than to just have Passion. Talk about tangible things like talent, work ethic, networks and how they commensurate with your passion. Forget what the media and motivational speakers are feeding. The first and most important instinct of man is to survive. Food, shelter, clothing, reproduction... These are paramount and every other thing comes secondary. So if your career is solely what is making you thrive and live completely as a human species, then you're not on the wrong track. Count the number of people fulfilling their passions but are broke and miserable, hungry and sick and dead. Survival first. 1 Like |
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