At my current workplace, my boss has asked me personally if I'm going to still stick around after ten years. He said that if my heart isn't for his business, then I should stop wasting my time and get out of it. I really have some thinking to do. I told him that I would have made up my mind by the end of the year.
My boss pretty much started the company from the ground up and then became the CEO. He says that if I keep asking people how to do things, then I will be below someone and never progress. He's really old-fashioned like that and believes that you have to do everything on your own and catch it with your own eyes. He pretty much went into this business thinking it was going to be the best direction for his family and while having no income. Basically, even though he had days where he felt the business was a total nightmare, he stuck with it and settled in with a decent 120 K salary while having workers underneath him.
I'm in a different school of thought. With the onset of better technology, I believe that equipping ourselves with a sound mind and receiving right instruction while updating our skill set with obtaining useful information, we can succeed with exceeding amounts of wealth and help make the world a better place. I haven't really willed myself and neither been given a lot of tasks to work on. However, I have been gaining valuable work experience that might even surpass my own manager one day.
My people skills are pretty decent, and I also have a physical intimidation factor too. It's really all about how I set my mind to something and working very hard to achieve excellence. This would also mean caring about every minute detail about my weaknesses and strengths. I can try really hard sometimes and go beyond my normal limits while feeling displeased with myself. However, looking back, it left a great starting point for others to build upon. I'm really happy that I did something out of nothing. It was really worth the good feelings.
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