I Want One Pillion Dollars
Aloha -
Back in 1977 when I was in the first grade, I remember writing an essay about what I wanted to be when I became an adult. Actually, I don’t remember what occupation I wrote down - possibly it was a policeman. I do remember writing that I wanted to earn "one pillion dollars."
Hmmm, one pillion dollars!!. That is a lot of zerooooooooos. My teacher put several question marks beside the "pillion" and then wrote one million below it.
This brings me to today or more accurately, yesterday, when I went to the bank open a new bank account and make a deposit.
Beside me were two ladies, one young, maybe in her early 30’s and the other about in her 50’s. Both were casually dressed and depositing bags of money. They looked like business people, I could be wrong but they didn’t look like they were on a "clock."
At that moment, I felt poor. When I compared what I was depositing to the "Brinks truck load" they had, I really felt like a beggar. Maybe it was wrong of me to have felt that way but I couldn’t help thinking that all the jobs I had done since college seemed like a colossal waste of time.
I knew in my heart, just like 31 years ago, that I still wanted that "one pillion dollars." In fact, one could say that my current job is very important to society’s development and that I’m helping to shape young mindset etc. As important as that is, it still pales in comparison to what I truly want out of my job.
Indeed, studies have revealed that job satisfaction and having a feeling of fulfillment are two things that many people seek in their jobs. Those studies also reveal that salary, in many cases, is not the most important motivational factor.
However, my reason for going to college was not to earn less than what I think I’m worth nor simply to be altruistic. I wanted to acquire a college education so that I could use that knowledge to achieve wealth and more. That was foremost on my mind.
Have I achieved this goal? Not yet. For the past few months though, I have been working on increasing my net worth and making progress. So it is not like I am sitting on my ass and not making it happen.
The thing is though, is that it has been necessary for me to look beyond my regular job to find ways of achieving this goal. So all this begs the following questions:
1. Should job satisfaction be the main goal when seeking a job or should earning lots of money be most important?
2. If you want to make more money, is your job the best avenue to do so?
3. Why did you go to college? How much did money weigh in that decision?
4. Would you prefer to have a high paying job or have a business that earns you an income which allows you to spend each day as you please?
I would appreciate your views on this. Please leave them below. It may help a prospective college student gain perspective.
Make it a great day
David
Tags: job satifaction