Your future

[wayneL]

i know hence why i said turnover, makes the goal more attainable

Not necessarily. Think about it.

 

[nioka]

Better for one's health and happiness, imo, to believe that modest aspirations are enough. I personally found when I stopped accepting others' expectations we were all better off. A driven, striving person doesn't usually have the energy for good relationships and the enjoyment of the simple pleasures like a garden, a sunset, or just watching the ocean.

The older I get the more I find these are the most important aspects of life. If you look at the lifestyle rich people strive for ON THEIR HOLIDAYS you will find most of that lifestyle is being enjoyed all the time by some who chose not to strive for what others consider the "TOP".

With that thought in mind I am off down the river for some fishing.

 

[white_goodman]

Not necessarily. Think about it.

ok then say 642k EBIT, and to have a 1000sqm home gym by 27, then my own 9 hole golf course at a holiday home when im 38

 

[wayneL]

ok then say 642k EBIT, and to have a 1000sqm home gym by 27, then my own 9 hole golf course at a holiday home when im 38

Sounds like you're in Amway.

 

[nomore4s]

Sounds like you're in Amway.

rotfl

ok then say 642k EBIT, and to have a 1000sqm home gym by 27, then my own 9 hole golf course at a holiday home when im 38

But will all that make you truly happy or just rich?

 

[white_goodman]

Sounds like you're in Amway.

I have no idea what that is... thanks?

 

[prawn_86]

Work very hard for a few years after uni.

Re-evalute at around 30yo and possibly trade full time

Spend time enjoying life/being happy

 

[white_goodman]

rotfl



But will all that make you truly happy or just rich?

that is my idea of happiness, golf and working out are my hobbies...
and having the abundance of wealth to do my hobbies is happiness to me...

and hopefully have enough knowledge and wealth to help my friends have the same abundance and free time to do what we want

 

[wayneL]

I have no idea what that is... thanks?

Good Lord!!!! Possibly the only person on this end of the Milky Way that hasn't been prospected yet.

Give it time White, you will find out.

 

[white_goodman]

Good Lord!!!! Possibly the only person on this end of the Milky Way that hasn't been prospected yet.

Give it time White, you will find out.

what is it? oh i see its a pyramid scheme (thanks google)

 

[Nyden]

Nyden, this can be a burden. We often accept such expectations from others and gradually make them our own, setting impossible levels of achievement just to feel we are justifying our existence.

Better for one's health and happiness, imo, to believe that modest aspirations are enough. I personally found when I stopped accepting others' expectations we were all better off. A driven, striving person doesn't usually have the energy for good relationships and the enjoyment of the simple pleasures like a garden, a sunset, or just watching the ocean.

And one other suggestion: have a dog. We can learn so much from the 'in the moment' approach, loyalty and love of dogs.

Yes; it has been somewhat of a project of mine to reach this place - and for the past few months I've been trying to actually do just those things. You cannot believe just how difficult it was for me to go to the beach and watch the ocean - heck, I saw my first sunset just a few months ago (was only able to watch it for about 5 minutes before I felt the urge to get up and do something else though

Being naturally gifted in a lot of my endeavours only seems to reinforce the expectations as well ... parents, lecturers, teachers, even friends.

Suffice to say I have made great progress in these past few years, and I no longer suffer from depression; and quite a few of my other issues have also dramatically improved as well.


I guess my ultimate goal is to strive for mediocrity; how ironic


... On a different subject; perhaps the future should also include mandatory parenting lessons for all! Try being placed on a pedestal, yet also being told you're never good enough at the same time ... oh, the woes of a traumatic childhood! Can you just picture the flashbacks? :

 

[nomore4s]

Good Lord!!!! Possibly the only person on this end of the Milky Way that hasn't been prospected yet.

Give it time White, you will find out.

lol, they don't call it amway anymore do they?

 

[wayneL]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi_Level_Marketing

 

[white_goodman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi_Level_Marketing

shotty not doing that for a living...

 

[wayneL]

shotty not doing that for a living...

But you could have your own 36 hole championship course designed by Greg Norman, a 5000m2 house, a ludicrously large diamond ring on each finger, a fleet of Ferraris, a yacht bigger than the Queen's, own half the holiday resorts in the Southern Pacific etc....

...all if you can find six people, who can find four people, who can find two...

 

[prawn_86]

Wayne is your future still a slow death by merryment and gluttony?

Or have you returned to the 'normal' side? :

 

[wayneL]

Wayne is your future still a slow death by merryment and gluttony?

Or have you returned to the 'normal' side? :

Weekdays of enforced dour asceticism. (Missus doesn't want me getting fat)

Weekends of as many of the seven deadly sins as possible, plus one that curiously isn't included.

 

[Wysiwyg]

...all if you can find six people, who can find four people, who can find two...

A big LOL from me ....

the company and family of companies under Alticor reported sales of US$7.2 billion for the year ending December 31, 2007, marking the company’s sixth straight year of growth.

 

[Speewha]

Hello
To at the end of my like to have as few possessions as possible,
To have left the world a better place,
To have trod as lightly as possible on the earth,
To know that my children, know that they were loved, and that they know how to love themselves and others.


Regards

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

Life without high expectation from others ... that would be just lovely

Yeh, Nyden this is one that should be chiseled in stone.