Project Lessons Learned

Do you know the difference between a “job” and a “career”?

According to the dictionary, a “job” is defined as “a paid position of employment and something one has to do, a responsibility.” Interestingly enough, the root word for “job” is, humorously, an Old English word that means “a lump.” The reference is to a quantity, a “lump” of work, so to speak. As it applies to our topic, it is one distinct and unrelated period of employment in a series of jobs one may have.

A “career,” on the other hand, comes from Middle French and stems from an earlier word for “car” — and then “street.” So, a career is a path. The dictionary defines it as “an occupation, a way of making a living, especially with opportunities for advancement or promotion, and progress through life.” It is a journey – a career pathway.

These definitions are nice and dandy – but what do they mean to you?

Time is life and there are 3 main stages in our lives.

When we are young and still under 25 years of age, we all have our dreams.
As we grow up, we are taught that if we want to be successful, we have to work hard.

We see our parents working very hard.
Our teachers tell us that if we want to do well, we need to study hard.
It is no wonder for many people, life becomes very hard.

As we grow older, our dreams start to fade and become more distant.
Dreams become less possible and seem harder to achieve and as time goes by, some of us begin to give up on them.
When you are 25 and you are out there working, reality begins to set in.

We see some of our friends becoming rich and they do not seem to have to work hard.
We console ourselves by saying, “They must be lucky”.
We begin to question ourselves: why is this happening and what went wrong?
We get demotivated and we do our job mechanically: we wake up in the morning, go to work, eat, sleep, wake up, and go back to work.

The cycle repeats itself. If we do well in a job, we get a pat on the back but if we do not, we get kicked in the butt.
We just continue to exist.
We live pass time, having nothing to look forward to except our upcoming retirement.

Ask yourself: How can you expect to achieve greater heights if you do not change what you are doing now?
The greatest insanity is to do the same thing every day and expect different results.
If we want a change in life, we must change our life.

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Wealth means different things to different people. For some people, wealth means big cars, big houses and anything that makes you look and feel good. For some, it means long term financially security. What is your definition of Wealth?

In order to create wealth, we need to first understand what wealth is. Wealth can be categorized as “the period you can survive ahead if you stop work tomorrow”.

Think about it: how many days can you survive forward if you stop working tomorrow (without selling your assets)? What would your answer be?

Most of you would probably say 60 – 180 days. Some may be lucky enough to say a few years perhaps.

If we agree on this definition of wealth, then the answer for a truly wealth person would be INIFINITY.

True wealth is when you can say, “If I were to stop work tomorrow, I can survive forever.

The money will come from somewhere, somehow and I do not have to work for the rest of my life.”

You will probably say, “Yes, I want to have a true wealth!” we want to be able to stop working and still enjoy our lives without worrying about where the money will be coming from the next month.

Wouldn’t this be great and ideal?

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