10 Reasons You Should Never Get A Job.
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Although that i agree with most of the points he made esp those regarding the impact it has on our social lives, which is evident in an typical Singaporean's life. It's easier said than done esp in an environment like Singapore. Moreover, we were 'taught' to play safe aka kiasi mentality.
Don't get me wrong thou, i have nothing against the author. In fact, i'm an avid follower of his blog.It's by far the most interesting and informative self-development blog containing many articles which covers a wide array of topics, i have ever come across props to him. I highly recommend anyone to read the rest of the articles he has to offer on his blog, it'll definitely be a eye-opening experience and maybe even a life-changing one.
i disagree. you are being exactly what the author of the blog is telling us NOT to do. he is laughing at people like you. you are raised in a system and trapped by your own mind and the Man telling you that you need to work, work, work. You are their "natural resources". you need money to buy a house, buy a car, pay for water, pay for electricity.
God made the earth surface 70% water (surface, think about how deep it is). Do you think we don't have enough water to supply for the entire world? water cannot be destroyed, it's only recycled.
you think there's not enough food. THEY tell you that there are famines and poverty in third world countries. If you're a religious person, do you think that God made the world and then give an insufficient supply of food? or if you're a scientist, think about how much it takes to grow/ manufacture enough food to feed the world. don't think that everyone has to live like a king, but 3 meals a day is enough for most people.
what about energy? magnatic and solar energy generators. these come from FREE sources. but why do you think it's so expensive to obtain one? because if everyone gets one, no one will need to pay for electricity. and who will be affected? that's why they're trying to deter you from not paying for energy.
we're all stuck in the system. why do we need to study? why do we need to work so hard until the day we die. think about it..
one more quick question. what do people usually do with natural resources? think about it.
recklessnick
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i think god was really good at ping pong
seekz
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The writer might be right.
But if everyone, or at least a when critical mass of people do what he does.
A paradigm shift would be inevitable, and the picture wouldn't be as rosy as how he painted it.
how to have a world filled with small individualistic businesses, passive income earners or self-employed? It would be like going back to the middle ages.
But if everyone, or at least a when critical mass of people do what he does.
A paradigm shift would be inevitable, and the picture wouldn't be as rosy as how he painted it.
how to have a world filled with small individualistic businesses, passive income earners or self-employed? It would be like going back to the middle ages.
hifi_killer
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the paradigm shift will probably destroy itself..
when a critical mass of people does what he does, economic forces would probably erode away the profitability of such passive income streams.
For most of us, a job more just money to us.. Its our pride, self-esteem, social life, meaning in life.
when a critical mass of people does what he does, economic forces would probably erode away the profitability of such passive income streams.
For most of us, a job more just money to us.. Its our pride, self-esteem, social life, meaning in life.
guitarlover
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Actually there are many such kind of people in singapore...without a job but have lotsa money.....definitely whose who can't stand sitting in the office for the whole day...
there are many ways to have passive income and have more time for yourself instead of losing all your freedom and time to your company......
there are many ways to have passive income and have more time for yourself instead of losing all your freedom and time to your company......
This is not directed at you, but i feel this kind of attitude is quite sad. And many people are suffering because they hold this kind of mentality.
What ACTUALLY is this life for? Lets think about it. Is it just for us to have a job? Something that is totally manmade and a construct of society?
l0u5y
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i don't agree with some of his points, but i do agree that not everyone has to have a job. people in singapore are too kiasi like one of our fellow softies said above, and too much following the "system". and i really do hate people like that.
singapore's education system is spoonfeeding our young kids and resulting in no room for creativity. Singapore "so-called" top schools are top schools only because they have the best teachers at teaching the students how to get good results in exams, not caring whether these kids actually understand what the textbooks says. Singapore's education system is wanting to achieve no unemployment, but it results in not having much people being the elites while having low unemployment rate. Students in school are being taught how to score for exams and tests instead of understanding what they are being taught. and then when they graduate from secondary schools, they go to jcs or business courses in poly where the lecturers spoonfeed them again. It is very ironic that considering thousands of business students who take up entrepreneur modules, when only less than 1% of them actually try to start their own business.
i am in a music and audio course, where spoonfeeding is impossible. i cannot tell u this piece of equipment sounds the best, u mic the guitar this way it will sound the best, or use this chord progression as it sounds the best. u have to try it urself to learn. unfortunately, most of my classmates and coursemates do not go the extra mile to want to learn. all they hope is that, wow, i hope that i do get a job next time.
the music industry cannot hire people like this, they need people who can write, who can experiment with equipments to create new sound, and all these needs u to go out there and try urself. people can brag about how good they are at something, but u ask them to start a business with it, they dun have the balls to do it.
Don't think about how u can beg for a job, think about how u can create a job or how a job can beg for u.
singapore's education system is spoonfeeding our young kids and resulting in no room for creativity. Singapore "so-called" top schools are top schools only because they have the best teachers at teaching the students how to get good results in exams, not caring whether these kids actually understand what the textbooks says. Singapore's education system is wanting to achieve no unemployment, but it results in not having much people being the elites while having low unemployment rate. Students in school are being taught how to score for exams and tests instead of understanding what they are being taught. and then when they graduate from secondary schools, they go to jcs or business courses in poly where the lecturers spoonfeed them again. It is very ironic that considering thousands of business students who take up entrepreneur modules, when only less than 1% of them actually try to start their own business.
i am in a music and audio course, where spoonfeeding is impossible. i cannot tell u this piece of equipment sounds the best, u mic the guitar this way it will sound the best, or use this chord progression as it sounds the best. u have to try it urself to learn. unfortunately, most of my classmates and coursemates do not go the extra mile to want to learn. all they hope is that, wow, i hope that i do get a job next time.
the music industry cannot hire people like this, they need people who can write, who can experiment with equipments to create new sound, and all these needs u to go out there and try urself. people can brag about how good they are at something, but u ask them to start a business with it, they dun have the balls to do it.
Don't think about how u can beg for a job, think about how u can create a job or how a job can beg for u.
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hifi_killer
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The idea of a job is not man made or at least not "totally", its has biological origins.
Long ago, men had to go out to gather food for the family in the same way we have to work for money.
For males, trading time and energy to support the family and dependents is NOT a cultural or social construct, it is programmed into our genes. The fact that all civilisations in the past and present that have something that resembles the "job" further supports that.
would there be a meaning to life if everything in life can be easily acquired without doing any work for it?
Long ago, men had to go out to gather food for the family in the same way we have to work for money.
For males, trading time and energy to support the family and dependents is NOT a cultural or social construct, it is programmed into our genes. The fact that all civilisations in the past and present that have something that resembles the "job" further supports that.
would there be a meaning to life if everything in life can be easily acquired without doing any work for it?
okay i get where you're coming from, but i disagree that having to work for money is "programmed into our genes".
As to your point on all civilisations in the past and present having something that resembles the "job", i would say that it is because of scarcity of resources, and not something that is genetically-linked.
I agree with you that the most valuable things in life have to be worked for.
But to have the meaning of life come from our jobs? That's too much for me.
In a sense, this is linking the Meaning of Life to the economy, to the sociopolitical environment! that's crazy to me. but it's just my humble opinion.
also, it's worth noting that we attach a lot of subjective, and sometimes delusional ideas to the job-concept. For example, to the mainstream crowd, the occupations "banker", "pilot" and "lawyer" are very desirable and make them envy.
However in terms of actual merit and meaning, they rank far lower than the jobs of a teacher, nurse or doctor.
See what i'm getting at? The perceptions we have of certain jobs are entirely fabricated and conditioned by society, passed down by adults to children, and we just buy into them.
So, to underline my point, if we link our self-worth and meaning of life with our jobs, it can get very delusional, and lead to personal suffering.
As to your point on all civilisations in the past and present having something that resembles the "job", i would say that it is because of scarcity of resources, and not something that is genetically-linked.
I agree with you that the most valuable things in life have to be worked for.
But to have the meaning of life come from our jobs? That's too much for me.
In a sense, this is linking the Meaning of Life to the economy, to the sociopolitical environment! that's crazy to me. but it's just my humble opinion.
also, it's worth noting that we attach a lot of subjective, and sometimes delusional ideas to the job-concept. For example, to the mainstream crowd, the occupations "banker", "pilot" and "lawyer" are very desirable and make them envy.
However in terms of actual merit and meaning, they rank far lower than the jobs of a teacher, nurse or doctor.
See what i'm getting at? The perceptions we have of certain jobs are entirely fabricated and conditioned by society, passed down by adults to children, and we just buy into them.
So, to underline my point, if we link our self-worth and meaning of life with our jobs, it can get very delusional, and lead to personal suffering.
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I agree with him. But if everyone does like he says, everyone's their own boss. Someone has to do the dirty work. I mean even if you don't think its dirty work, somebody has to do it in the end. Else, we'll get no shopping malls with sales person, we'll get no cars, we'll have almost nothing at all. Not even internet cuz someone's the boss but nobody maintains it.
wow what bullshit is this. sorry for being frank. but programmed into our genes? seriously? our height, skin color, eye color, penis length, mole positions, hair color, are programmed into our genes. these are things that we cannot permanently change.
if you're saying that work is programmed into our genes, means that we can not not work. no matter how hard we try not to work, it'll be impossible. unless someone externally stops you from working. like breaking your legs and cutting off your hands, and gourging your eyes out. but then again your body might still force itself to work if it's a programming. i don't know where you get that from but...lol.
hifi_killer
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evident :
Just because some stuff are programmed into our genes it doesnt mean that it will happen for sure, there is a genes vs environment interaction. Some genes will not be activated unless an environmental event triggers it.
I would like to maintain the point that there is some biological basis for work. Gathering food for young has always been a natural instinct for men and mammals. It is thus from that it evolved into the present 'jobs'
and wow, thats a rather vivid child-like imagination you have.
why do some senior citizens continue working past their retirement age even though they're well supported by their family? Well i would say it keeps them alive - longer.
Jobs should seen as a double edge sword it can be good and it can be bad.
so say.. if the people in the local music scene detach their self-worth and meaning of life from their professional lives
will they take pride in what they do?
will they do a good job?
what will happen to our music scene?
is this the kind of attitude we want to encourage in our society?
Just because some stuff are programmed into our genes it doesnt mean that it will happen for sure, there is a genes vs environment interaction. Some genes will not be activated unless an environmental event triggers it.
I would like to maintain the point that there is some biological basis for work. Gathering food for young has always been a natural instinct for men and mammals. It is thus from that it evolved into the present 'jobs'
and wow, thats a rather vivid child-like imagination you have.
why do some senior citizens continue working past their retirement age even though they're well supported by their family? Well i would say it keeps them alive - longer.
Jobs should seen as a double edge sword it can be good and it can be bad.
so say.. if the people in the local music scene detach their self-worth and meaning of life from their professional lives
will they take pride in what they do?
will they do a good job?
what will happen to our music scene?
is this the kind of attitude we want to encourage in our society?
cold_static544
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makes sense !
but the fact is that building a source of passive income usually requires some form of start-up. if you're working to buy that new car or iphone, then its pretty pointless, but if you're working so you have seed money to start investing, or to gain experience in a particular area they're interested in investing, then its a different thing.
but the fact is that building a source of passive income usually requires some form of start-up. if you're working to buy that new car or iphone, then its pretty pointless, but if you're working so you have seed money to start investing, or to gain experience in a particular area they're interested in investing, then its a different thing.
"if the people in the local music scene detach their self-worth and meaning of life from their professional lives:
will they take pride in what they do?
will they do a good job?
what will happen to our music scene?
is this the kind of attitude we want to encourage in our society?"
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"the people in the local music scene" are mostly not true professionals i.e. music is not their main occupation. therefore, their pursuit of music has nothing to do with their professional lives.
to answer all your questions at once, let's think of an example, say, jenson button.
is his self-worth, the meaning to his life, all about driving a car very very fast?
i doubt so. nevertheless, does he take pride in what he does? yes. does he do his job well? yes. is there any negative effect on the f1 industry? no.
if your self-worth and your meaning to life is all tied to your occupation, then should you fall into crippling depression and find existence meaningless in the event of retrenchment?
i love music. i listen to it, i read about it, i think about it, and i play it. however, i don't earn a cent from all this, and in fact i pay for it. i also don't feel that my self-worth is linked to how many artistes i know or how well i can play an instrument. that would be ridiculous.
wake up.
will they take pride in what they do?
will they do a good job?
what will happen to our music scene?
is this the kind of attitude we want to encourage in our society?"
*****
"the people in the local music scene" are mostly not true professionals i.e. music is not their main occupation. therefore, their pursuit of music has nothing to do with their professional lives.
to answer all your questions at once, let's think of an example, say, jenson button.
is his self-worth, the meaning to his life, all about driving a car very very fast?
i doubt so. nevertheless, does he take pride in what he does? yes. does he do his job well? yes. is there any negative effect on the f1 industry? no.
if your self-worth and your meaning to life is all tied to your occupation, then should you fall into crippling depression and find existence meaningless in the event of retrenchment?
i love music. i listen to it, i read about it, i think about it, and i play it. however, i don't earn a cent from all this, and in fact i pay for it. i also don't feel that my self-worth is linked to how many artistes i know or how well i can play an instrument. that would be ridiculous.
wake up.
The article is about how you can live comfortably without working hard.
There is a reason for everything that we do.
study for knowledge or pass exams.
work for money or self-fulfillment
If our aim is to get money, there are ways other than working in a job.
You can:
1. Start a business and let the business generate income.
2. Invest your money in shares, property, fx
The author mentioned he earns money from his writing. That is a business.
There is a reason for everything that we do.
study for knowledge or pass exams.
work for money or self-fulfillment
If our aim is to get money, there are ways other than working in a job.
You can:
1. Start a business and let the business generate income.
2. Invest your money in shares, property, fx
The author mentioned he earns money from his writing. That is a business.
