I like this message a lot.
I expect my dedication to one career niche years ago got the big picture out of the way. Must have helped me appreciate the near-term smaller things when they come along.
I think there can be life/career "obligations", life/career "responsibilities", and life/career "goals" in many ways.
Sometimes when it seems like "life" vs. "career" might be at odds with each other, it might be because underlying obligations, responsibilities, or goals are not well sorted to begin with.
Things like this are not always going to be well aligned if ever, but it can be an unfair advantage if there is more harmony rather than less.
>I realize how complicated it can be and how little you end up doing the thing you truly enjoy.
But these things are essential to business, especially if you are going to make the most of the (profitable[0]) part you truly enjoy on a daily basis. So you need to get it under your belt early and start devising how you will overcome any compromising effect.
>what you would like to accomplish from a life standpoint in the next decade what would you say?
Same thing. Just doing it is an accomplishment.
Every decade it has gotten easier in the career even though there have been major life upsets financially and operationally from repeated natural disasters.
Now for the next ten years I'm going to take advantage of the increased opportunities.
[0] As long as it's profitable, you don't have to pick the absolutely most profitable operation you can do. This can be a lot easier to accomplish if there is not really any greed factor, you still need a desire for a lucrative sustainable or growable opportunity, but you do not need to be obsessed when it comes to making every dollar that is somewhat within reach. Especially at other people's disadvantage. Sometimes the less aggressive business operator comes out way ahead of the shooting star. It could be like getting 250K for being on-call 24/7 vs 100K for easy office hours, either extreme may not be ideal for most so it may be best when there is some choice about how things like this balance out.
I expect my dedication to one career niche years ago got the big picture out of the way. Must have helped me appreciate the near-term smaller things when they come along.
I think there can be life/career "obligations", life/career "responsibilities", and life/career "goals" in many ways.
Sometimes when it seems like "life" vs. "career" might be at odds with each other, it might be because underlying obligations, responsibilities, or goals are not well sorted to begin with.
Things like this are not always going to be well aligned if ever, but it can be an unfair advantage if there is more harmony rather than less.
>I realize how complicated it can be and how little you end up doing the thing you truly enjoy.
But these things are essential to business, especially if you are going to make the most of the (profitable[0]) part you truly enjoy on a daily basis. So you need to get it under your belt early and start devising how you will overcome any compromising effect.
>what you would like to accomplish from a life standpoint in the next decade what would you say?
Same thing. Just doing it is an accomplishment.
Every decade it has gotten easier in the career even though there have been major life upsets financially and operationally from repeated natural disasters.
Now for the next ten years I'm going to take advantage of the increased opportunities.
[0] As long as it's profitable, you don't have to pick the absolutely most profitable operation you can do. This can be a lot easier to accomplish if there is not really any greed factor, you still need a desire for a lucrative sustainable or growable opportunity, but you do not need to be obsessed when it comes to making every dollar that is somewhat within reach. Especially at other people's disadvantage. Sometimes the less aggressive business operator comes out way ahead of the shooting star. It could be like getting 250K for being on-call 24/7 vs 100K for easy office hours, either extreme may not be ideal for most so it may be best when there is some choice about how things like this balance out.