I was reading some articles by this guy named Steve Palina today. In case you're wondering, he's basically a self-employed, highly self-developed cat. I found a few of his articles on how social conditioning has convinced us we need jobs, and why it's BS. I thought it was well-articulated and great food for thought. It also seemed to make sense.
He paints a pretty dismal picture of the state of employment today. So I decided to look it up. Are people really that dissatisfied with their jobs? Apparently people are...
Says CBS
Says Live Science
Says New York Daily News
And this is just the immediate search results I got from google.
So what's the solution? Well, Business Insider has a solution. It's a simple yet effective one: Find your passion and create it. Sounds utopian, sure, but why not? Granted, it's not a get-rich-quick scheme, but virtually all "jobs" out there were created by someone's passion, someone's innovation, someone's hard work and determination. Why not you? Or me? I just want to be able to live and survive doing something I love, making my own rules. Why not? As much as they naysayers may wish you to squirm, buckle down and confirm, there are more and more and more stories out there every day about otherwise ordinary people taking a chance and doing their own thing... and succeeding. The technological age is ripe and waiting for people with creativity and innovation to blossom. More and more we are realizing it is talent, ability, resourcefulness and hard work that is paving the way, rather than job titles and work experience and a graduate degree from an Ivy League school. There is less room for squeaking by or sneaking and more room for genuine utility and honest endeavour. There's less validity in connections and more in actual production.
There's a whole world out there, waiting for your contribution. Don't keep it to yourself.
PS Hyperlinks are now my friends.
He paints a pretty dismal picture of the state of employment today. So I decided to look it up. Are people really that dissatisfied with their jobs? Apparently people are...
Says CBS
Says Live Science
Says New York Daily News
And this is just the immediate search results I got from google.
So what's the solution? Well, Business Insider has a solution. It's a simple yet effective one: Find your passion and create it. Sounds utopian, sure, but why not? Granted, it's not a get-rich-quick scheme, but virtually all "jobs" out there were created by someone's passion, someone's innovation, someone's hard work and determination. Why not you? Or me? I just want to be able to live and survive doing something I love, making my own rules. Why not? As much as they naysayers may wish you to squirm, buckle down and confirm, there are more and more and more stories out there every day about otherwise ordinary people taking a chance and doing their own thing... and succeeding. The technological age is ripe and waiting for people with creativity and innovation to blossom. More and more we are realizing it is talent, ability, resourcefulness and hard work that is paving the way, rather than job titles and work experience and a graduate degree from an Ivy League school. There is less room for squeaking by or sneaking and more room for genuine utility and honest endeavour. There's less validity in connections and more in actual production.
There's a whole world out there, waiting for your contribution. Don't keep it to yourself.
PS Hyperlinks are now my friends.
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