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Forum ยป What are things that killed your professional ambitions?
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post 1635495733 04-05-2021, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted By Wh1teDyn0mite⏩
When i clocked onto it doesn't matter how hard you work, or if you genuinely want the company improve. It all comes down to who is friends with managers ect, which the clique you are part off.
within reason. still need to show up.
post 1635501793 04-05-2021, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted By Wh1teDyn0mite⏩
When i clocked onto it doesn't matter how hard you work, or if you genuinely want the company improve. It all comes down to who is friends with managers ect, which the clique you are part off.
Originally Posted By JoeDelts⏩
The thing you have to remember is that ultimately SOMEONE ELSE will always be the one deciding whether or not you move up. Once you understand this you understand how little control you really have.
this is another thing that got to me. It's funny how businesses are there to make money. Being greedy is the name of the game. They will tell you that to your face and expect you to fall in line or else you are gone. However when it comes to any amount of incentives or rewards there are none if you are the one busting your ass day in and day out. The handouts tend to go to the people who get in good with the gatekeepers, so to speak. Working hard and making them look good is not how you get in good with them. Just the contradictory nature of it all.
post 1635502043 04-05-2021, 04:55 PM
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post 1635502553 04-05-2021, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted By DavidL913⏩
also weed and this pandemic has fukt /w my drive
so much this
post 1635503663 04-05-2021, 05:20 PM
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Maybe I'll have an answer for that someday
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post 1635504103 04-05-2021, 05:27 PM
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Dealing with people and not getting what I feel I deserved. Instead I got negativity and misfortune all too often. I kept pushing though after every set back, getting more qualifications, and maneuvering where I could, trying different positions, workplaces and roles. The camel's back was broken and then re-broken. Fortunately I saved well and kept investing to let myself be in a position I don't need to tolerate the stresses of work and not having to go back.
post 1635504373 04-05-2021, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted By JoeDelts⏩
As for the question in the OP. I think for me it was the realization of how much the whole 'moving up' thing is really out of your own ability to control. They like to dangle the carrot of a high paying, high status position in front of everyone to keep you running on the hamster wheel butthe reality is that there are very few of those positions available and when you start to understand how those people got into them you realize how little your day to day performance really has to do with it

You're way better off channeling that energy towards thinking about how to make money in other ways than worrying about something that's not likely to materialize no matter what you do imo.
Mostly this.

There have been work/business things that I want to do because I just want to. The work appeals to me, or the potential satisfaction of improving a process/making life a little better/helping someone.

Financially I really just wanted to do as well as my dad did; solidly middle class, homeowner, a vacation now and then, and retirement/pension. I enjoy high quality things and would like to be relatively unconstrained w/spending, but that is a "would be nice" thing more than a "must have".
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post 1635504453 04-05-2021, 05:35 PM
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got a trust fund at 21, not enough money to live well only a couple of million, fukked me up really, if id gotten more id have started an RE business which I have real flair and aptitude for especially high end city stuff.
On the other hand i know some people dont get trust funds, and if that was me maybe id have been hungrier to succeed, I have the required abilities
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